Katie Archibald
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'Mine isn’t the story of an Olympic champion, but of a vain teenager who liked racing with people I wanted to be like': Katie Archibald column
'I was engaged by a social scene rather than a sport'
By Jonny Long Published
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Katie Archibald column: 'My road season ended with my head in the toilet'
In her column for Cycling Weekly, Katie Archibald discusses the merits of 'gruesome' television and books, and tries to avoid talking about missing her last road race due to sickness
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Katie Archibald column: The most red-in-the-face ride at the Nationals was from myself
Katie is all omniumed out after the Nationals, heading into the Track World Cup with GB this weekend
By Richard Windsor Published
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Katie Archibald column: Sleep is the most important form of recovery, recovery is the only way you improve
"That voice in your head can rarely be trusted. Like that time it said I’d already eaten enough and didn’t need to see the dessert menu"
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Katie Archibald column: 'I started dating someone who owns a drill'
“Writing was my hobby but we now know that is in fact just an extension of cycling. Thanks, guys”
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Katie Archibald column: Call me lucky
'Crashing wasn’t very lucky but it’s only one side of my body that’s scabby. That’s pretty lucky, right?'
By Jonny Long Published
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Katie Archibald column: 'I felt like I was in a nightclub where I’d lost my friends and drunk nine coffees'
Katie Archibald has a few nerves before the 2018 Track Cycling World Championships - but it's nothing her brain can't handle
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Katie Archibald column: Rumours has it...
'The first time I called, I got put on hold and I loved it. Their hold music was 'The Chain' by Fleetwood Mac'
By Jonny Long Published
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'I’ve been competing for air time on the family WhatsApp': Katie Archibald column
'What’s a win at the Poland GP when your brother is on the podium at the World Champs?'
By Cycling Weekly Published
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Katie Archibald column: Turbo versus social media #thestruggleisreal
My bad habit at the moment is going on WhatsApp during the rest periods of turbo sessions
By Jonny Long Published
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I asked for the performance sheets be changed from 'man one' to 'rider one': Katie Archibald column
'I just decided it was annoying, and no one would notice either way, so what’s the harm in having it this way?'
By Cycling Weekly Published
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Spilling the beans: Katie Archibald column
You live, you learn, and aspire to increase the size of your tin of beans
By Jonny Long Published
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Katie Archibald pulled from women's Madison due to concussion
Archibald crashed during the omnium points race and was allowed to continue at first
By Simon Richardson Published
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The long road to Apeldoorn: Katie Archibald column
'I had left school with a plan to spend a year working abroad before going to university, but when the Glasgow velodrome opened I knew I wanted to ride that track, a lot'
By Jonny Long Published
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Katie Archibald column: When team-mates turn into rivals
“Manon and I are sharing a room and plotting the downfall of what were last month our team-mates but this month our rivals”
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Rocking the six-day lifestyle: Katie Archibald column
'The men go out after the racing most nights, meanwhile my late night entertainment was Neah removing huge wood splinters from her leg'
By Jonny Long Published
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Katie Archibald column: Is it too late to say I’m not sorry?
Saying sorry is quintessentially British, but not when you're stealing all the hot water
By Richard Windsor Published
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Katie Archibald column: The joys of the ‘friendly’ bike ride
"I even got dropped for a bit just to make it clear that there’s no shame at all in bonking. I was fine though."
By Jonny Long Published
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Katie Archibald claims fourth national title in just over a week with omnium success
Olympic team pursuit champion Katie Archibald won the Omnium National Championships in Derby on Saturday.
By Chris Marshall-Bell Published
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'You have to be smart & you have to be strong, you can’t be one or the other': Why 2018 was Katie Archibald's year
As well as penning a weekly CW column, Archibald has also found the time this year to etch her name onto the list of British cycling greats
By Vern Pitt Published
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Katie Archibald column: Disaster and then luck in Madison during Six Day London
“‘OK’ is a label I’ve learnt is awarded to those who escape death — a cousin of ‘it could have been a lot worse’”
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Katie Archibald and Daniel Bigham double up on day two of National Track Championships
Ten champions crowned on marathon day of racing in the Manchester velodrome
By Vern Pitt Published
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Katie Archibald column: Three minutes of fame for Gus Gillies, bike mechanic
Katie gives her professional mechanic boyfriend, Gus, his brief moment in the limelight
By Richard Windsor Published
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Great Britain women's team pursuiters set new world record in Rio Olympics qualifying
Elinor Barker, Laura Trott, Joanna Rowsell-Shand and Katie Archibald set a new world record and qualify fastest in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games women's team pursuit
By Simon Richardson Published
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Katie Archibald column: One argument for not deleting your social media accounts right now
"I don’t like the idea of having pages on the internet in charge of painting me as a person. I don’t like the feeling I get while scrolling through Instagram when I realise my mind is completely empty."
By Richard Windsor Published
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Katie Archibald column: ‘I’m not wheelie bad, I’m tragic'
"So you’re trying to do wheelies to impress that boy," she said to me. I was pretty embarrassed.
By Jonny Long Published
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Katie Archibald column: It's been a blast...but Tokyo beckons
In her last column (for now) Katie Archibald says goodbye as the Olympic Games loom ahead
By Cycling Weekly Published
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Katie Archibald column: 'You look terrifying' and other cycling firsts
“Accidentally stumbling on new ways to upset Shane Sutton would continue, but other British Cycling firsts eventually dwindled”
By Nigel Wynn Published
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Great Britain take Women's Team Pursuit gold on opening night of Glasgow Track World Cup
They recorded the fastest time in this Olympic cycle and the fourth-quickest of all time
By Jonny Long Published