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- Highest governing body
- UCI
- First played
- Open to debate. The modern era began in the late 1970s
- Mixed sex
- Separate men's & women's championship although no restrictions on women competing against men.
- Olympic
- Since 1996
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- Mountain biking
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Mountain biking (abbr. MTB) is a sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, usually using specially designed mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, such as air or coil-sprung shocks used as suspension, larger and wider wheels and tires, stronger frame materials, and mechanically or hydraulically actuated disc brakes. Mountain biking can generally be broken down into distinct categories: cross country, trail, all mountain, enduro, downhill and freeride.
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