"I’ll learn from it, I suppose" - Katie Archibald promises she'll come back (mentally) stronger at Olympics

Katie Archibald was not at her blistering best on home boards in Glasgow, but that was understandable after a traumatic period since her partner Rab Wardell died suddenly at home 12 months ago. The 29-year-old Scot had said she wanted to use these championships to honour Wardell’s memory and she certainly did that as she helped Great Britain to a first women’s team pursuit world title in nine years.

"I certainly put a lot on the fact that it was home, and just everything about these worlds and I guess what it had meant for me as a goal for so long," Archibald told the PA news agency. "The fact that my life has changed quite a bit since I first envisaged that goal, it’s just forced these constant reflections."

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"I’ll learn from it, I suppose. It’s not as simple as saying don’t stress as much but learn from it and move forwards."

Asked if she had been able to get from the championships what she hoped to, Archibald added: "I think if we speak as a we rather than an I, we’ve certainly got what we wanted from it in terms of our big targets in the Olympic events – the team pursuit, the madison, the omnium."

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