Katie Archibald is waiting to discover if she needs surgery after fracturing her wrist while winning madison gold at the Track Cycling World Cup.
The 22-year-old from Milngavie and partner Manon Lloyd overcame an early crash to win the inaugural women’s event. in Glasgow on Saturday.
“The issue is that I have a metal plate from a previous break holding the radius together,” Archibald explained.
“I don’t understand it enough to panic so I’m keeping quite calm.”
Archibald will miss next weekend’s Scottish Nationals but is not sure how long her break from racing will be.
“I’ve fractured two little bones in my wrist – scaphoid and radius – so it’s not ideal,” she said.
“What I’ve been told is that it’s a clean fracture, it’s in line. We’re seeing a specialist tomorrow to see whether it’s needs surgery.”
A noisy home crowd and adrenaline helped Archibald ride through the pain to collect gold but she admits to a frustrating error in judgement.
Describing the crash that came early in the race, she told BBC Scotland: “Going down I’ve put my hand out.
“I’ve seen a photograph and I was sort of kicking myself. Never put your hand out – you’re always going to break your wrist and I’ve gone and done it. With crashing it’s all about natural instincts. Tuck and roll is the normal plan of action!”