Because of pregnancy, the five-time Olympic gold medalist reached a "collapse"

Britain's Laura Kenny, a five-times Olympic gold medalist, said she considered giving up cycling earlier this year after a miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy brought her to a "breaking point".

Kenny announced last April that she had a miscarriage after nine weeks of pregnancy in November, as well as having her fallopian tubes removed in January due to an ectopic pregnancy.

The 30-year-old won an Olympic title in Tokyo last year, while her husband, Jason, became the most successful Briton at the Olympics, with seven cycling golds.

"I felt like there was absolutely nothing going in our favor," Kenny told British media on Monday.

"January was a turning point, I was on the verge of a meltdown. Without Jason, I think I would have gotten away with it all... I couldn't even deal with that (cycling)."

"But I... decided I needed to ride my bike again. That's what I've done for the past 13 years. It feels like a safe place. It put a lot of things into perspective... It really made me think, 'Why would I do that?'" '

It's because I enjoy it, and that's why I'm more aware of it than ever before."

Kenny will participate in the Commonwealth Games from Friday, and will return to the London Velodrome, where she delighted her home fans with her first two Olympic titles a decade ago.

Kenny, who won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014, said she would head into this year's competition with poor expectations.

"I don't know if it was because I didn't really think I'd be at the Commonwealth Games because we were planning to have another little boy now," added Kenny, who gave birth to her son Albee in 2017.

"I feel more relaxed than ever... I am so excited just to appear in front of my fans again," she said.

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