Whyte bidding to rediscover BMX 'mojo' ahead of Paris 2024

Kye Whyte admits he's battling to recapture his BMX mojo after a hellish run of injuries left him at the lowest point of his career. The Olympic silver medallist has broken both shoulders, knocked himself out and crashed four times in the space of nine months. Ad Injuries are part and parcel of BMX racing but these setbacks have hit Whyte differently.

Giro d'Italia'Stop flirting with Remco', Lefevere tells IneosYESTERDAY AT 07:23 «I'm used to being injured but not used to feeling down about it,» said the 23-year-old, speaking at Peckham BMX Club at the launch of the 'Play Their Way' campaign. «To be honest, I'm still learning. I'm still learning how to be on the down side because I've never felt like this before.

I've been feeling sorry for myself. »These last two weeks, it's been trying to find the rhythm, the mojo, the hard work mindset and the determination to push on in the way I was before. «It's still in there, it's about finding it again because I kind of lost it a bit.» Whyte won European gold, World Championship silver and two World Cup medals last year in an emphatic return to racing post-Tokyo.

The Peckham star's shoulder blade is still broken and he will miss the first World Cup race of the season in Türkiye, hoping to be back within a month. Focus then turns to getting back on the bike for the rest of the World Cup circuit and cementing his strong position in the UCI Olympic rankings. «BMX is a contact sport, you can easily crash on your own and there are plenty of ways to injure yourself,» he said.

«At the same time, you still get in the gate and race. These are big setbacks, but you have to get on with it. It happens in sport, I can't be down for too long.» Pre-Paris Olympic year culminates at August's