Before her race, Storey also told the Today programme on Radio 4 that competing “feels like you’re constantly trying to prove someone wrong”, having had a swimming teacher tell her she came into sport too late when she started at 10 years old (yes, really). Just four years later, Storey was at the Paralympics, swimming at every Games from 1992-2004 before moving to cycling due to an ear infection.

She went on to win on the bike at Beijing, London and Rio, and her first gold at Tokyo means she’s close to catching up with the 16-medal record of swimmer Mike Kenny, Britain’s most-decorated Paralympian. There’s still time for that to happen this year: Storey is scheduled to race two more times over the course of Tokyo’s Games, and expectations for her success are unsurprisingly high.

Sarah Storey is, of course, the first Team GB Paralympian to win gold at Tokyo 2020