Anna Morris: From doctor to cycling world champion

That led to her first taste of competition at the BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) championships.

Success there earned her support from Welsh Cycling, though her training was fitted in around her medical career.

“It would just be like ‘if I could train, I would do it’,” Morris says.

She would aim for an hour on the turbo trainer in the evenings and a longer ride on weekends. At most she would manage eight hours a week, but that would come down if she was too busy at work.

She would use her annual leave to train longer, either booking a week of cycling in Majorca or riding at home.

By 2021, as the Tokyo Olympics approached, she decided to pause her medical career to focus on an attempt to secure Wales selection for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

“Going full time made a huge difference, particularly in terms of recovery,” Morris says. “You could control the times you were able to eat, sleep and train.

“At Nationals [in January 2022] I managed to medal in all three endurance events. That was a bit of a turning point and it contributed to Commonwealth Games selection.

“The Commonwealth Games was still another level that I hadn’t operated at before. The roar of the crowd was like nothing I’d heard before.