Storey on...

… Leadership

‘I’m really interested in the team behind a leader. That’s why the last book I read was Becoming by Michelle Obama. There’s no more important leader than the President of the United States, and she seems incredible.’

… Bullying

‘I was bullied at school because I was different. I was an athlete. I was mixing with famous people and lots of my friends were lads because swimming is maledominated. It led to my well-publicised eating disorder. Now I see food as fuel and it doesn’t have an emotional attachment.’

… Missing Barney at Tokyo 2020

‘One of the biggest differences for me in Tokyo was [husband] Barney not racing there. We’d been on the same team in Beijing and I found it really comforting competing alongside Barney. Him not being there took some adjusting to.’