Beth Shriever knows she is the one to watch in Glasgow

Beth Shriever has had a lot of adjusting to do since becoming an Olympic champion.

Life has been a “whirlwind” off the bike as the 23-year-old grows accustomed to the fame that comes with the BMX title she won in Tokyo last summer, but Shriever must also adjust to the attention that comes on the bike.

All eyes will be on her this weekend at the BMX Racing World Cup round in Glasgow, the first event she and Tokyo silver medallist Kye Whyte have enjoyed on home turf since the glorious day last summer when they made British BMX history with the nation’s first Olympic medals in the discipline.

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Shriever went on to add a world title just two weeks later, and has now made herself a marked woman amongst her rivals.

“It has brought its challenges,” Shriever told the PA news agency. “Mentally more than anything else. Now I’m the one to watch, that’s something new to overcome. I think I’ve done that pretty well.”

The results certainly back up her assertion. Shriever goes into Glasgow on the back of two wins in the European Cup, wearing well her new-found status as the one to beat.

“I’m talking a lot to my psychologist and it’s going amazingly well,” she added. “I’m just the quickest I’ve ever been. It helps give me confidence going into every race.

“(This weekend) there’s obviously a bit more pressure – my mum and dad and boyfriend are coming to watch as well!”

Shriever took time off after her double triumph last year, needing time to reset her goals after the flurry of success.

“I had to talk a lot about (new goals),” she said. “You’ve done it in a way – you’ve reached the pinnacle, so what’s next? Your brain has to have something to aim towards.

“We had to sit down and talk