Laura Kenny

Kenny had downplayed her form over the weekend, claiming to be the weakest link in England's bronze-winning team pursuit squad.

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Dame Laura Kenny delivered Commonwealth gold for England on the final day of track cycling in the Lee Valley VeloPark, while Englands Chris Murray won ...

I was so overwhelmed. "This is her Games too and she's worked so hard to get here. "I had a towel over my head, the earphones in, and had a bit of a cry. "I couldn't watch it," said the 22-year-old Murray, who was born in Surrey and trains in Loughborough. The flawless four-time British champion lifted 181kg in the clear and jerk and his new Games record of 325kg proved a winning total. Murray said: "She told me she wasn't going to watch and try not to find out the result.

Dame Laura Kenny wins her second Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women's 10km scratch race after a surging late attack.

I kept saying to myself in the toilet, 'I can do this'. You see Matt Walls crash like that and it really makes you think 'what am I doing'. I have been so lucky my whole career I have had one broken shoulder and one broken arm. I just wasn't in the right frame of mind.

Laura Kenny bounced back from the toughest year of her life to win gold in her third and final event at the Commonwealth Games.

“Seeing something like that, I was having a serious confidence crisis. By the time of the scratch race, she was more like her normal self. “Sunday left a pretty bad taste,” she said.

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Botha came away relatively unscathed compared to Meenakshi, who was stretchered off the velodrome, but Drummond ensured New Zealand's chances didn't go to waste. The rest of the race just follows." Gate, who previously took gold in the team pursuit and individual pursuit, put on a classy showing in the points race, hitting the lead with 100 laps to go and then strategically and consistently picking off points with the help of a perfect team performance. Andrews adds the keirin gold to her golds in the team sprint and individual sprint, as well as the silver medal she was credited with for helping out the team pursuit squad. "I like to put myself in a position to win and to do that you need to do it in every round, you have to qualify in the first and second races to make it to the final so I'm racing every race like it's my last to ensure I can make it through the rounds." In her first heat, she rode the opposition off her wheel on the final lap to win, in the second round she remarkably rode on the front for the final three laps to win in absurdly easy fashion, and in the final she made a move to storm past a pair of Welsh riders and held off England's Sophie Capewell by 0.05 seconds to go one better than her breakout silver medal in the event at the Olympics.

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I came in this morning in a completely different mindset, thinking, ‘of course you can do it.’ Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “Everything that I thought I was working towards had been ripped away. In a way, I’m more proud of that than many of the other Olympic medals that I’ve won.” I would say since everything that’s happened to me personally, I’ve felt lost. She said: “Honestly, I can’t even tell you how I felt last night.

Laura Kenny was inspired by a gold in the cycling scratch race at the Commonwealth Games on Monday.

"To come away with gold and be a double Commonwealth champion on the rings is something I'm very proud of." I took it one race at a time today and I'm so proud of myself," she told the BBC Jake Jarman secured gold in the men's floor final with a score of 14.606 for his routine. It means much more than I can put into words." I've been feeling a bit under the weather probably since the sprint day. To keep picking yourself up after this whole year has been a nightmare...

The five-time Olympic champion has endured a traumatic period since the Tokyo Games last summer, suffering a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy.

Last night, I honestly had to just be like: ‘This could be it. I can’t physically gee myself up like that every day.” I would say since everything that’s happened to me personally, and then Monica’s stepped away, I’ve felt lost. “Yesterday I thought it was going to be my last bike race,” Kenny said. “Obviously everything that’s happened to Katie, when Katie said to me she doesn’t think she can do the Commies and then do the Euros, I felt like somebody had ripped my right arm off…I just felt like I had nothing.” Even before the start, I didn’t know if I could do it.

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Dame Laura Kenny delivered Commonwealth gold for England on the final day of track cycling in the Lee Valley VeloPark. Dame Laura Kenny secures scratch race gold for England at Commonwealth Games Kenny had downplayed her form over the weekend, claiming to be the weakest link in England’s bronze-winning team pursuit squad before finishing a lowly 13th in Sunday’s points race, but found the pace needed to claim her first Commonwealth gold since Glasgow in 2014.

Laura Kenny seized England's first track cycling gold of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the women's 10km scratch race.

I have had one broken shoulder and one broken arm,” she said. Throughout those trials, on and off the track, she has been extremely open about her state of mind. I have one more roll of the dice. Honestly, I said to Jase [Kenny], ‘I think this is going to be my last race’,” she said in an interview with the BBC. I have absolutely just lost motivation.” She later revealed that she had taken her defeats even more harshly than she had let on: “I can’t believe it.

Laura Kenny claimed a gold medal in the women's 10km scratch race on Monday · The five-time Olympic gold winner stormed in to the front with 150m to go ...

She was meant to be riding in the Europeans next week. But then Kenny remembered that being on her bike was what got her through her trauma in the first place. It was just the second Commonwealth gold medal of her career — eight years after her first. What the future holds for Kenny remains to be seen. She woke up, talked to herself in the toilet, then enjoyed the proudest moment of her career. Still coming to terms with a miscarriage last November and an ectopic pregnancy a few weeks later, she admitted her heart was no longer in it.

Dame Laura Kenny won a stunning gold medal in the women's 10km scratch race at the Commonwealth Games and shared after how she struggled with motivation and ...

You see Matt Walls crash like that and it really makes you think: 'What am I doing?' I have been so lucky; in my whole career I have had one broken shoulder and one broken arm. I just wasn't in the right frame of mind. "I watched Adam Peaty and completely reflect on his interview and I thought that is me all over. It could not have been better set up if I tried." This last two years, I just haven't felt the spark in it. Upon the restart, Kenny remained focused and executed her own race strategy to perfection.

The five-time Olympic champion has endured a traumatic period since the Tokyo Games last summer, suffering a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy.

Last night, I honestly had to just be like: ‘This could be it. I can’t physically gee myself up like that every day.” I would say since everything that’s happened to me personally, and then Monica’s stepped away, I’ve felt lost. “Yesterday I thought it was going to be my last bike race,” Kenny said. “Obviously everything that’s happened to Katie, when Katie said to me she doesn’t think she can do the Commies and then do the Euros, I felt like somebody had ripped my right arm off…I just felt like I had nothing.” Even before the start, I didn’t know if I could do it.

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“He said he hadn’t really felt the spark in training and competition for the past two years, and that feels very much like me,” Kenny said. “Since everything that’s happened to me personally, and then Monica’s stepped away…I’ve felt lost,” she said. “When Katie said to me she doesn’t think she can do the Commies and then the Euros, I felt like somebody had ripped my right arm off. “I just lay there with my mum and I thought, ‘I don’t know what to do.’ But I came in this morning in a completely different mindset, thinking, ‘Of course you can do it.’ It is hard enough coming in, Olympics after Olympics, and getting yourself ready, without the whole rubbish stuff of your personal life.

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"I left space behind and just watched all of my opponents so I could react quickly to them. I would say since everything that’s happened to me personally, and then Monica’s stepped away, I’ve felt lost. The 22-year-old added: “I have loved all of my wins for different reasons, but it has been really special to watch all of my team-mates do so well and break records and stand on the podium." “Yesterday I thought it was going to be my last bike race,” Kenny said. I have loved all of my wins for different reasons, but it has been really special to watch all of my team-mates do so well Even before the start, I didn’t know if I could do it.

England's Laura Kenny celebrates with her gold medal after winning the Women's 10km Scratch Race Finals at Lee Valley VeloPark at the Commonwealth Games in ...

Last night, I honestly had to just be like: ‘This could be it. I can’t physically gee myself up like that every day.” I would say since everything that’s happened to me personally, and then Monica’s stepped away, I’ve felt lost. “Yesterday I thought it was going to be my last bike race,” Kenny said. “Obviously everything that’s happened to Katie, when Katie said to me she doesn’t think she can do the Commies and then do the Euros, I felt like somebody had ripped my right arm off…I just felt like I had nothing.” Even before the start, I didn’t know if I could do it.

Dame Laura Kenny delivered while two England gymnasts are vying for a piece of history after the fourth day of the action at the Commonwealth Games in ...

Another victory for the hosts would move them to the brink of the semi-finals. Jake Jarman won his third gymnastics gold of the Birmingham Games after a flawless performance in the men’s floor final. Chris Murray won gold in the men’s 81kg weightlifting final after Australia’s Kyle Bruce and Canadian Nicolas Vachon failed to overtake him in dramatic circumstances.

Laura Kenny found herself heavily thinking about her future the night before winning gold at the Commonwealth Games in the women's 10km scratch race thanks ...

To have to come through all of that and then to try and step up in front of a home crowd. Team England's day was further boosted by Sophie Capewell's silver in the women's keirin, a brave ride after she lost her father last year. A familiar roar, cascading down from the packed Lee Valley VeloPark tribunes where she first won Olympic gold 10 years ago, felt like rocket fuel as Kenny reeled in flying Scot Neah Evans' attempted break, and when she crossed the line. “Last night, I honestly had to just be like, ‘This could be it. Even before the start, I didn’t know if I could do it. Even for a cyclist as gilded as Laura Kenny, this was probably her greatest ride – Dame, set and match.

Following her victory in the Commonwealth Games scratch race on Monday, the 30-year-old said she may skip next week's European Championships to have a break ...

It took a lot for me to commit to riding my bike again.' So I just need some time to decide what I want going forward.' 'But I would like to have a little bit of time away and then I can decide.

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I have one more roll of the dice. I raced badly, then I don't get a result." "I was so fired up. I have absolutely just lost motivation." "I watched [swimmer] Adam Peaty and I completely reflected on his interview and I thought: 'That's me, that is me all over, I've lost the spark, training doesn't come that easy. "I can’t believe it.

Great Britain performance director Stephen Park believes the multiple gold medallist will be able to put personal problems behind her.

However, collectively, the home nations had 24 medals to 13 each for Australia and New Zealand. “It will be fantastic if Laura continues her run of Olympic medals. Is the Olympics not on?’ It takes a huge toll, you’ve worked yourself up for four years. Personally I think she can keep going. “Laura’s own ambitions for her own family – these things are well documented. That all plays heavily.