Finding the positives balancing Olympic training with motherhood

Although the coronavirus pandemic brought the new equestrian season to a halt in March, Ros Canter tells Peter White how she has been busy at work both in and out of her sport since then

Ros Canter was set to head to Tokyo this summer (Bongarts/Getty Images)

It hasn’t been the summer she had originally planned but Olympic hopeful Ros Canter admits lockdown has allowed her to regain world-beating form while focusing on motherhood.

The 34-year-old, who won individual and team gold at the 2018 World Equestrian Games, was back in competition just a month after giving birth last year, as thoughts of qualification for the Tokyo Games dominated her mind.

Although the coronavirus pandemic brought the new equestrian season to a halt in March, Canter – who is one of more than 1,100 elite athletes on UK Sport’s World Class Programme, funded by the National Lottery – has been busy at work both in and out of her sport since then.