She was in shock and disbelief – prior to 2020, the only reason the Olympic Games had not gone ahead was because of a World War.

On this week’s episode of the Tokyo Together podcast, presented by Optus and hosted by fellow Olympian David Culbert, Edmondson shares just how challenging those few months after the postponement announcement were.

After taking a break from the track and endeavouring on an extreme new cycling challenge, she shares how she overcome that challenging time with a continued desire to go for gold in Tokyo.

However, she also shares how the postponement announcement affected her teammates Steph Morton and Amy Cure, who both made the decision to retire in 2020.

The 29-year-old relives her pathway to becoming an elite track cyclist, and her previous Olympic appearances at London 2012 and Rio 2016.

She shares her work as a World Vision ambassador, and what it’s like to have both her brother and her boyfriend alongside her in the Track Cycling Olympic Team.

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