Starting as a swimmer at Barcelona 1992 aged just 14, Dame Sarah Storey has now won 16 gold medals. She moved to the bicycle for Beijing 2008, and has proved just as capable at winning in that arena as she did in the pool.
Dame Sarah competed in the pools again at Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, before moving to the bike for Beijing 2008.Speaking ahead of Tokyo 2020, Dame Sarah said:"To reach that target - it's almost a target I didn't realise I needed - but it's so close now and it's really, really exciting to think this opportunity gives me this chance to take it.
"I know I will have done absolutely everything to the nth degree and rehearsed and rehearsed to make sure I produce the very best performance that I can, so hopefully the outcome can take care of itself."The pandemic hampered her training, and between January 2020 and June 2021, she did not compete. But the veteran athlete was successful at the world championships in Portugal earlier this year in the time trial and the C5 road race.