Even for a cyclist as gilded as Laura Kenny, this was probably her greatest ride – Dame, set and match. Shaken to the core by team-mate Matt Walls' horrific crash 24 hours earlier, and repulsed by her own form in a dismal points race, Kenny revealed she was on the brink of quitting on Sunday night, admitting: “I felt lost.”
Worn down by personal tragedy, it would have been an understandable to retreat into the shadows. But Kenny – brave, blustering, and rejuvenated by a timely infusion of bulldog spirit – summoned the willpower to land only her second Commonwealth Games title in a dramatic scratch race.
And as she caressed the latest crock of gold around her neck, the five-times Olympic champion said: “It feels amazing. Yesterday I thought was going to be my last bike race.
