Elinor Barker, a four-time Olympian, has announced that her second pregnancy is the end of her 2025 campaign.
After finishing 16th overall in the British National Road Championships in Ceredigion, more than five minutes behind compatriot Zoe Backstedt’s title-winning competitor, the 30-year-old Welsh competitor broke the news to social media.
We are expecting our second child in December, so we had our last race of 2025 today at Nationals TT.
Extremely fortunate to be surrounded by so many experts, support from @unoxteam, and @britishcycling once more, and.
She continued, “Ps. Try to find a job that doesn’t demand that you wear skin-tight Lycra every day if you’re trying to conceal a pregnancy at work.
Barker will miss the time trial and Women’s Road World Championships in September.
After already winning Olympic team pursuit gold in Rio 2016 and silver in Tokyo in 2021, Barker gave birth to son Nico in 2022.
She added another silver medal in the madison in Paris in 2024, where she also won another silver.
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Source: BBC
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