King admits to lack of confidence

BySportsbeat

Published 03/03/2015 at 17:31 GMT

Dani King admits it will take some time for her to feel comfortable cycling on the road again as the Olympic champion continues her comeback from five broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

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It was three months ago that King suffered a crash in a regular training session in south Wales, a member of her group hitting a pothole.

However, the 24-year-old has since got back on her bike and has already completed a training camp in Belgium with her team Wiggle-Honda.

King intends to start competitive road racing again in April and her next track competition is at the British Cycling National Track Championships, likely to take place in September.

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However, she knows she will have to impress to get back in the team ahead of the 2016 Olympics.

"I was cycling on the cobbles in the rain so it doesn't get much worse than that," said King, who won gold in the team pursuit at London 2012. "I am in good shape, I just need to get my confidence back.

"It was scary but I am getting there. Everyone in the team was so nice and encouraged me to get back on the road.

"It has made quite a big dent because I had a plan of doing a full winter's training. It has put things back a bit but it could have been a lot worse.

"All the girls are incredible athletes and it is going to be really hard for me to get back in.

"We have to fight every day to make the team but I hope to be firing on all cylinders and to get myself back in for Rio."

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