LONDON :In the high-octane world of track cycling Katie Archibald has reached the age at which riders usually consider hanging up their race helmets, but the 31-year-old Scot is already mapping out her path to glory in Los Angeles in 2028.

In the week that fellow Scot Jack Carlin called time on his track cycling career, aged 28, Archibald was preparing to fly off to Chile as part of the British squad for the UCI track cycling championships in Santiago starting next week.

She will take part in the elimination race and the Madison alongside Maddie Leech, but will not be in the team pursuit squad, although that is the discipline that she concedes she is still 'obsessed with greatness' in.

Archibald, who is now coached by her brother John, missed the Paris Olympics after falling in her gard

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