Storey not looking for hour record rerun

Storey rode 45.502km in 60 minutes to set a British and Paralympian C5 best but fell short of Dutch cyclist Leontien Ziljaard-van Moorsel's world record of 46.065km set back in 2003.

The 11-time Paralympic champion now turns her attentions towards the Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoon, Holland at the end of this month while the Rio 2016 Paralympics are edging ever closer.

But despite missing out on the world record by just over half a kilometre, Storey insists she has no immediate desire to try and reduce that gap even more.

Back in 1993, British rider Graham Obree managed to make two attempts on the men's hour record within 24 hours, beating Francesco Moser's record of 51.151km with his second try.

But Storey admits there will be a much larger gap between her own attempts if she was to ever consider trying again.

"No. It's a once in a lifetime. I won't be considering doing it any time soon. If I ever did it again it would be well after Rio.

"I have absolutely no idea how Graeme Obree did it again the following day, when he was unsuccessful in his attempt and then successful the day after.

"It's an incredibly drawn out, painful process. I hoped I had enough in me to go over 46km, but whatever I was going to do was going to be the absolute best I had.

"I feel I couldn't have given any more and so I can't be too hard on myself. I was hard enough on myself just to finish on Saturday."

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