Dame Laura Kenny announced that she had a miscarriage last November.
The five-time Olympic gold medalist, 29, who shares her four-year-old son Albie with her 34-year-old Olympic husband, Jason, also announced in January of this year that one of her fallopian tubes had been removed due to an ectopic pregnancy.
The Harlow-born athlete was part of the British team that won silver in the women’s pursuit at the Glasgow Nations Cup on Thursday, but revealed on Friday morning the personal challenges she overcame to qualify.
“We haven’t had much luck since the Olympics and these are the toughest months I’ve ever had,” she wrote on Instagram.
Dame Laura Kenny announced that she had a miscarriage last November. The five-time Olympic gold medalist, 29, who shares her four-year-old son Albie with her 34-year-old Olympic husband, Jason, also revealed that one of her fallopian tubes was removed in January of this year due to an ectopic pregnancy.
Laura was photographed at the Tokyo 2020 Games last year, winning a gold medal with teammate Katie Archibald and becoming the most successful cyclist of all time.
“Jason and I got pregnant right after the Games and we were absolutely devastated.
“Unfortunately, while we were commenting on the Champions League on the track in November, I had a 9-week abortion with our baby. I’ve never felt so lost and sad.
“I felt like a part of me was gone.
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The Harlow-born athlete was part of the British team that won silver in the women’s pursuit at the Glasgow Nations Cup on Thursday, but revealed on Friday morning the personal challenges she overcame to qualify. She and her husband, Jason, can be spotted at BBC Sport’s Person of the Year awards in December.
The couple’s romance first made headlines in 2012 when photos of them kissing behind David Beckham at an Olympic volleyball match surfaced.
“I found myself in my happy place to train again. Then in mid-January I caught Covid and realized that I was feeling very bad.
“I didn’t have the typical covid symptoms and felt like I needed to go to the hospital.
“The next day I was in the ER and rushed to the theater because I had an ectopic pregnancy.
“Bang isn’t even coming close. I lost a fallopian tube that day.
Kenny added: “I always knew I was tough, but sometimes life pushes you to an unbearable limit.
“My heart would break if Jason and Albie hadn’t helped me throughout the day.
But here I am on the podium of a national cup with the support of my family, friends and teammates.”
Kenny also supported comments from teammate GB Katie Archibald, who this week criticized the sport’s governing bodies for how they were handling the issue of transgender inclusion.
The athlete recently revealed that she received parental juggling and Olympic training advice from Jessica Ennis-Hill during her pregnancy.
Cyclist She became the most successful cyclist in Olympic history last year after winning a gold medal in the women’s event with Katie Archibald in Tokyo, and previously won a silver medal in the team pursuit.
Laura has six Olympic medals in three Games, five of which are gold, while Jason has The most decorated Olympian in the country.
Talking about juggling parenting and her Olympic career last year, Laura said, “I think it was harder than I expected.”
“You see a lot of people who have done this, Jessica Ennis Hill has been a huge inspiration for me. I was lucky enough to be able to talk to her throughout pregnancy and always come back from there.
His success is even more incredible considering he broke his shoulder in an accident just before the 2020 quarantine and refused surgery to keep up with Tokyo 2020 preparations.
Laura and Kenny’s relationship emerged in London 2012 when they were seen kissing in the crowd as photographers focused on David Beckham lined up in front of them.
Talking about her inspirations, Laura has previously explained how her mother Glenda’s cycling to lose weight inspired her. She endured many hardships as a child, as she was born with a collapsed lung four weeks ago and later developed asthma.
Great Britain’s Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny take their silver medals after qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics earlier this week
The couple has a son named Albie who was born in 2017. His grandparents would take care of him while the Olympic heroes trained 20 hours a week.
Jason and Laura were married in September 2016 at the 17th-century Hilltop Cottage in Cheshire, surrounded by friends and family.
Earlier, Laura talked about her shyness and struggles with her classmates at school, problems she said went away after she went to the velodrome. And in April 2018, Laura shared how she suffered from anxiety and “motherhood guilt” as she returned to work after the birth of her child.
But as she yearned for her son in the Cheshire cottages 9,000 miles away, her hunger proved more hungrier than ever, she’s already beginning to doubt anything could add to her appetite.
“I wanted to make Albie so proud, but I didn’t think this would ever happen to me again,” Kenny told reporters, who broke his shoulder in early 2020. surname) was the lucky name.”
Source: Daily Mail
