France's Ferrand-Prevot claims unique world treble

PARIS (Reuters) - France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot became the first woman to hold world titles in three cycling disciplines when she won the mountain bike gold medal on Saturday. The 23-year-old, who already has titles in cyclocross and road cycling, hammered her rivals in Vallnord, Andorra. She beat Russian Irina Kalentyeva by 58 seconds and Ukraine's Yana Belomoina by a minute and a half. "I was fed up that people would not stop talking about the treble," Ferrand-Prevot was quoted as saying by sports daily L'Equipe. "It is not that I don't care about what others think, but I do things for myself." Ferrand-Prevot is now set to try a mountain biking-road cycling double at the 2016 Olympics. (Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Martyn Herman)