MALVERN mountain biker Liam Killeen is already targeting the Rio Olympics in 2016 as he recovers from the heartbreaking crash that brought his home games to a premature and painful end.
Killeen was riding well when a puncture saw him fall on a steep section of boulders on the second of lap of his race at Hadleigh Farm on the final day of London 2012.
He has undergone surgery on a badly broken ankle.
But speaking to the Gazette from his hospital bed, the 30- year-old vowed to defend his Commonwealth Games title in two years time and take a fourth shot at glory in Brazil.
“It seems to always happen to me every four years unfortunately,”
he admitted. “But there’s definitely another opportunity in Rio.”
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