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• In January, the 30-year-old contracted coronavirus and was taken to hospital where it was discovered she was having an ectopic pregnancy – when a fertilised egg implants itself outside the womb Live
  
  The five-time Olympic champion returned to racing in April with a team pursuit silver at the Nations Cup in Glasgow, and will be back on track in London – scene of her first Olympic successesin 2012 – this weekend when the Commonwealth Games get under way Live
  
  RecommendedNewcastle draft in sporting performance expert Sir Dave BrailsfordMarianne Vos claims second stage and yellow jersey at Tour de France Femmes More than 270 violations of Qatar’s summer heat rules for workersAsked what a medal in London would mean to her, she said: “Every bike race where you cross the line first gives you a different type of joy, and to win a gold medal in the coming week would rank highly Live
  
  It feels like a safe place, the obvious thing for me to do when I felt that broken was to go out and ride my bike again Live
  
  RecommendedEuro 2022: Ian Wright and Alex Scott go wild celebrating England’s quarter-final winner vs SpainNewcastle draft in sporting performance expert Sir Dave BrailsfordMarianne Vos claims second stage and yellow jersey at Tour de France Femmes“But I grabbed for my safety blanket and decided I needed to ride my bike again Live
  
  “I don’t really know what I’ll be expecting going into these Games because it’s a funny schedule where we have the Commonwealths, then a five-day gap, and then we go straight into the European championships,” the 30-year-old said Live
  
  But Kenny said there was a point at the start of the year where, but for the support of her husband and fellow Olympian Jason and their son Albie, she could have ended a career that has yielded six Olympic medals Live
  
  “January was a tipping point, I was at breaking point Live
  
  Without Jason, I think I’d have just canned everything, just gone, ‘You know what, I can’t even cope with doing any of this (cycling)’ Live
  
  “You can’t taper and peak in training when two competitions are so close together, and in the last month I’ve literally done just three sessions on the track Live
  
  Kenny revealed in April that she had suffered a miscarriage at nine weeks in November Live
  
  It really did make me think, ‘Why am I doing this?’ It’s because I enjoy it, that’s why, and it made me realise that more than ever Live
  
  With the World Championships to follow in October and Olympic qualifying getting under way, it is a daunting schedule, but after all she has been through in recent months, Kenny is riding with a different perspective Live
  
  “I felt like nothing was going our way at all,” Kenny said Live
  
  But though the Games rank low in terms of Olympic qualifying points, Kenny believes they are one of the few multi-sport events where track cycling reaches a broader audience and connects with the public at large Live
  
  ”Kenny will race for England in the team pursuit, scratch and points race at the Commonwealth Games, which wrap up just days before the start of the European Championships in Munich Live
  
  “It put lots of things into perspective Live
  
  “Before that would have worried me and I would have been sat here panicking, and maybe it’s a bit blase for me to sit here and say I’m just looking forward to riding my bike again, but I feel like I’ve got low expectations Live
  
  Record-breaking Olympian Dame Laura Kenny has revealed she considered walking away from cycling after suffering an ectopic pregnancy earlier this year Live
  
  “You’re only as good as your last race, and the Olympics seems a long time ago, so I would obviously love to cross the line first Live
  
  For me, that’s what I’ve done for the last 13 years Live
  
  ” Live
  
  Laura Kenny, left, beat Elinor Barker to Commonwealth Gold in Glasgow in 2014 (Tim Ireland/PA) (PA Archive)“People on the outside are going to expect me to cross the finish line first, but I’m in a really relaxed place right now Live
  
  “It just started to come back again and once I started, I got back into the rhythm of things Live
  
  ”For all her Olympic, world and European titles, Kenny has ‘only’ one Commonwealth medal to her name – the points race gold she took in Glasgow eight years ago Live
  
  
  
  “January was a tipping point, I was at breaking point Live
  
  It really did make me think, ‘Why am I doing this?’ It’s because I enjoy it, that’s why, and it made me realise that more than ever Live
  
  ” Live
  
  Record-breaking Olympian Dame Laura Kenny has revealed she considered walking away from cycling after suffering an ectopic pregnancy earlier this year Live
  
  RecommendedEuro 2022: Ian Wright and Alex Scott go wild celebrating England’s quarter-final winner vs SpainNewcastle draft in sporting performance expert Sir Dave BrailsfordMarianne Vos claims second stage and yellow jersey at Tour de France Femmes“But I grabbed for my safety blanket and decided I needed to ride my bike again Live
  
  RecommendedNewcastle draft in sporting performance expert Sir Dave BrailsfordMarianne Vos claims second stage and yellow jersey at Tour de France Femmes More than 270 violations of Qatar’s summer heat rules for workersAsked what a medal in London would mean to her, she said: “Every bike race where you cross the line first gives you a different type of joy, and to win a gold medal in the coming week would rank highly Live
  
  “It just started to come back again and once I started, I got back into the rhythm of things Live
  
  “It put lots of things into perspective Live
  
  But Kenny said there was a point at the start of the year where, but for the support of her husband and fellow Olympian Jason and their son Albie, she could have ended a career that has yielded six Olympic medals Live
  
  The five-time Olympic champion returned to racing in April with a team pursuit silver at the Nations Cup in Glasgow, and will be back on track in London – scene of her first Olympic successesin 2012 – this weekend when the Commonwealth Games get under way Live
  
  With the World Championships to follow in October and Olympic qualifying getting under way, it is a daunting schedule, but after all she has been through in recent months, Kenny is riding with a different perspective Live
  
  Laura Kenny, left, beat Elinor Barker to Commonwealth Gold in Glasgow in 2014 (Tim Ireland/PA) (PA Archive)“People on the outside are going to expect me to cross the finish line first, but I’m in a really relaxed place right now Live
  
  ”Kenny will race for England in the team pursuit, scratch and points race at the Commonwealth Games, which wrap up just days before the start of the European Championships in Munich Live
  
  But though the Games rank low in terms of Olympic qualifying points, Kenny believes they are one of the few multi-sport events where track cycling reaches a broader audience and connects with the public at large Live
  
  It feels like a safe place, the obvious thing for me to do when I felt that broken was to go out and ride my bike again Live
  
  Kenny revealed in April that she had suffered a miscarriage at nine weeks in November Live
  
  In January, the 30-year-old contracted coronavirus and was taken to hospital where it was discovered she was having an ectopic pregnancy – when a fertilised egg implants itself outside the womb Live
  
  Without Jason, I think I’d have just canned everything, just gone, ‘You know what, I can’t even cope with doing any of this (cycling)’ Live
  
  “I don’t really know what I’ll be expecting going into these Games because it’s a funny schedule where we have the Commonwealths, then a five-day gap, and then we go straight into the European championships,” the 30-year-old said Live
  
  “I felt like nothing was going our way at all,” Kenny said Live
  
  “You can’t taper and peak in training when two competitions are so close together, and in the last month I’ve literally done just three sessions on the track Live
  
  For me, that’s what I’ve done for the last 13 years Live
  
  “Before that would have worried me and I would have been sat here panicking, and maybe it’s a bit blase for me to sit here and say I’m just looking forward to riding my bike again, but I feel like I’ve got low expectations Live
  
  “You’re only as good as your last race, and the Olympics seems a long time ago, so I would obviously love to cross the line first Live
  
  ”For all her Olympic, world and European titles, Kenny has ‘only’ one Commonwealth medal to her name – the points race gold she took in Glasgow eight years ago Live