Dame Sarah Storey has refused to rule out competing on the 2028 Paralympic Video games in Los Angeles on the age of fifty after claiming her nineteenth gold and thirtieth medal in whole by profitable an exciting girls’s biking street race in Paris.
The 46-year-old fought again late within the 71km occasion on Friday morning, pipping French teenager Heidi Gaugain – 27 years her junior – on the road to grab her second gold of the Video games after additionally beating Gaugain to win the time trial.
Storey has 14 Paralympic golds in biking to go together with 5 in her earlier occasion swimming, having first competed on the 1992 Video games in Barcelona.
Requested whether or not she can be again in 4 years’ time, Storey stated: “Who knows? Never say never to anything. I need to enjoy this first.
“This simply must sink in as a result of it was probably the most thrilling races that we have had and from the phrase go it was full fuel. I am simply grateful that my wheel was in entrance on the end.”
Reflecting on edging Gaugain, with the pair recording similar occasions of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 24 seconds however Storey profitable by a tyre on the road, the Briton stated: “The lap earlier than, a coach of hers shouted from the opposite facet of the street ‘subsequent lap on the left’.
“He shouted ‘go’ and I went, too.
Storey beat France’s Heidi Gaugain in an exciting end to the street race
“It was just a matter of holding her while she continued her acceleration, it was a long way out. It was the only tactic she could use because I have the fastest sprint.
“The bottom line is to not be afraid to lose a motorbike race. I am not afraid to lose. I’ve to belief myself and never over-think issues, simply go on intuition typically. I simply wished to see what I needed to reply.
“You put yourself out there every time you get on the start line and I keep doing that and keep finding ways to win a bike race, so long may that continue.”
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