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For Haley Smith, mountain biking is more than an Olympic sport. ‘It’s what keeps me alive’

One of the most gruelling climbs Olympian Haley Smith has ever had to do in her life wasn’t even on a mountain bike. The 27-year-old cyclist from Uxbridge, Ont., was in Europe in October readying for races during last year’s condensed world cup season when she mentally and physically hit a wall. The COVID-19 pandemic had turned Smith’s whole world upside down, like it had for so many other Tokyo…