Marchant, who gained the Olympic title alongside teammates Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell in Paris, will vie for a rainbow jersey within the three-rider occasion this Wednesday. The trio go into the championships because the clear favourites, having damaged the world file this August.
“I feel naturally the depth has dropped off somewhat bit [since the Olympics], however we’re nonetheless eager to go to the World Championships and win on the finish of the day,” Marchant advised Biking Weekly.
“It took a dialog once we first got here again. The three of us had been like, ‘Are we doing this for a little bit of enjoyable? Or are we doing this to go win? Is everybody on the identical web page? What do we would like out of this?’ I feel, inside 30 seconds, all of us circled and had been like, ‘We wish to go win the World Championships’.”
On the Worlds in Ballerup, Denmark this week, Marchant, Finucane and Capewell will probably be with out their German rivals – winners of the final 4 world titles – whose A-team have opted to skip this yr’s occasion. Marchant believes the British trio now have a “golden alternative” to win the title – one GB hasn’t gained since 2008 – however she’s additionally eager to emphasize there is no strain to take action.
“We’ve got completely nothing to lose right here, as a result of we’re Olympic champions, and we’re world file holders because it stands. That was one thing that was absolutely the focus, proper from the beginning, when this challenge started,” the 31-year-old mentioned. “Win or lose, that takes nothing away from what we achieved seven or eight weeks in the past now.”
Marchant, Finucane and Capewell gained GB’s first ever girls’s crew dash Olympic gold
(Picture credit score: Alex Whitehead/SWPix)
In Paris, the British squad broke the world file thrice en path to the gold medal, beating New Zealand with a time of 45.186 seconds within the last. Much like Germany’s A-team, the Olympic silver medallists have additionally opted to forego the occasion in Ballerup.
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Who does Marchant see as GB’s medal rivals? “You possibly can by no means depend out anyone”, she replied, happening to quote the Chinese language, Dutch and Mexicans specifically.
“What individuals will speak about in 10, 20 years is the yr we turned Olympic and world champions in the identical yr. Nobody’s going to speak about who was there. It’s not going to be a straightforward feat to go and win this World Championships title. I feel that’s one thing we’ve needed to be actually acutely aware of during the last six weeks.
“Simply because we’re Olympic champions, we’re gifted nothing going into this World Championships. The grind continues, mainly.”
“I wish to go away a legacy on this sport,” she mentioned. “It will be actually freaking cool to be European champion, Olympic champion, and world champion in a single yr.”
