Laura Kenny will race for the first time in more than a year after she was selected for the Track World Championships in Apeldoorn later this month. Kenny has not competed since the national championships at the end of 2016 and had a baby with husband and fellow track racer Jason Kenny just over five months ago.
Kenny won her first of seven world titles on the Apeldoorn track in 2011 but, despite getting back into training a month after giving birth, she is not putting too much pressure on herself.
"I'm looking forward to getting back into the Great Britain skinsuit and racing at the World Championships again. The last five months since Albie was born have been amazing and my life has changed a lot, but Jason and I are loving every minute of being parents," explained Kenny. "I returned to training about four months ago, and I've been really pleased and I guess a bit shocked by how fast my form has started to come back.
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"Every time the team line up for a race we want to win and the worlds will be no different, but I'm not putting too much pressure on myself in Apeldoorn. I'm interested to see how the team pursuit get on with racing against the world's best again. It is all made even sweeter by being on the track where I won my first elite world title too."
Kenny, who became Britain's most decorated female Olympian when she won gold in the Team Pursuit and the Omnium at the Rio Olympics in 2016, is part of a six-woman endurance squad for the Great Britain team. Joining her will be two of her teammates from that Team Pursuit-winning line-up, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald. The third, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, announced her retirement last year.
Barker and Archibald were among the few Olympians to compete for Great Britain at last year’s Worlds in Hong Kong, with Barker taking the Points Race world title and Archibald the Omnium. Barker also took silver in the Scratch Race and in the Madison with Emily Nelson, who has also been named in this year's squad. Ellie Dickinson and Emily Kay complete the line-up.
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