A talented teenager, Britton was selected by Team Wales for the 2018 Commonwealth Games aged just 18 – where he finished fourth as part of the team pursuit and helped team-mate Jon Mould to a silver medal in the road race.
He won world bronze in the scratch race for Great Britain in 2021, before competing at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in 2022.
Everything was going in the right direction. Then, the following year, it happened.
“It was just a crash in training,” Britton continued. “I touched the wheels and it was just a crash.
“We have a concussion protocol and I got to the last stage two or three times and then got pushed back to stage one.
“It’s probably one of the hardest injuries I’ve had, just because there’s not really a time frame on it. Like with a collarbone, you can have an operation on it and you’re fine to go on the turbo and six weeks later you can get back on the road. But concussion-wise, it’s not linear at all, which makes it harder mentally.
“I learned a lot from it. I grew a lot as a person.”
Why? Because it showed how easily an athlete’s career can be taken away.
