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    Childbirth gives Lizzie an eye for Olympics

    Jun 21, 2019 4 minutes
    BY KAREN FORMAN

    HAVING A BABY SHOULD NOT mean the end of any career, let alone professional cycling.

    That’s the message from 2015 World Road Champion, 2012 Olympic silver medallist and reigning Commonwealth road race champion Elizabeth Mary Deignan, the 30-year-old 1.68m powerhouse riding with Trek-Segafredo in 2019 (along with Aussie Richie Porte!)

    One of 13 riders from 10 countries who have made the women’s team in its first year, Lizzie (a name she uses along with Elizabeth, “depending on the circumstances”, gave birth to her daughter Orla Deignan with husband Phillip on September 23, 2018 and returned to racing at the Amstel Gold Race on April 21.

    Rumours of a comeback in time for the Tour Down Under in January were

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