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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.<\/p>\n
He won world bronze in the scratch race for Great Britain in 2021, before competing at the Commonwealth Games and European Championships in 2022.<\/p>\n
Everything was going in the right direction. Then, the following year, it happened.<\/p>\n
“It was just a crash in training,” Britton continued. “I touched the wheels and it was just a crash.<\/p>\n
“We have a concussion protocol and I got to the last stage two or three times and then got pushed back to stage one.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“I learned a lot from it. I grew a lot as a person.”<\/p>\n
Why? Because it showed how easily an athlete’s career can be taken away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n