Overview
- Archibald announced her retirement on Tuesday, ending a 13-year international career and withdrawing from Scotland’s cycling squad for July’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
- She leaves with 51 major medals, including two Olympic golds and a silver, seven world titles, and a record 21 European crowns across team pursuit, Madison, omnium, and other events.
- The Scot departs as a current world and European champion and as a member of Britain’s women’s team pursuit squad that holds the world record.
- Explaining her choice, she said the pull of the “real world” made her no longer scared to leave elite sport, and noted she has “fallen completely in love” with nursing after starting training last September.
- Her career blended resilience and influence as she returned from personal tragedy and the injury that ruled her out of Paris 2024 to win again, and she helped push for the women’s Madison to be added to world and Olympic programs.