Trampoline Olympic champion Bryony Web page heads to Cirque du Soleil

When Bryony Web page triumphed in Paris, she turned the primary trampolinist to win Olympic gold for Workforce GB.

She is already eyeing Los Angeles in 2028 however first she is embarking on a brand new problem – by becoming a member of the circus.

The 33-year-old, who lives in Poole, is heading to Montreal to coach with Cirque du Soleil and hopes to hitch them on tour subsequent yr.

“I really like the concept of performing within the present and utilizing trampoline differently,” she mentioned.

Crewe-born Web page, who received silver in Rio in 2016 and bronze at Tokyo 2020, says she continues to be “in shock” after successful gold in August.

She mentioned: “I do know it is occurred and I’ve a medal to show it to myself, however I nonetheless cannot actually course of the way it’s occurred and that it really has.

“Once I was a child, the Olympians felt like they have been superheroes.

“For me, personally, having the entire set, it simply feels very nice and it is fairly poetic with the trampoline as a result of it went silver, then right down to bronze, and bounced again as much as gold.”

Web page, says her path to Olympic stardom, like her medal journey, has additionally had its ups and downs, together with overcoming accidents and a interval of sporting yips – a sudden and unexplained lack of potential to execute sure expertise – throughout her teenagers.

“It took a whole lot of years to get all the expertise again,” she mentioned.

“Typically it’s nonetheless there – it is a concern stage. With trampolining, it’s a must to be just a little bit courageous and a bit silly or loopy to do it.

“So it does make it extra particular If you happen to’ve gone by means of challenges and been capable of overcome them and reached that pinnacle of the game.”

Her newest journey will see her coaching with the world-famous Canadian circus troupe.

“Plan A could be to try this after which come again for the LA Olympics,” she mentioned.

“Once I compete and there is a crowd, I see it as a efficiency simply as a lot as I see it as a contest.

“I really like that aspect of it, that efficiency aspect, with the costumes and the make-up and the set and the music and the staff and the camaraderie.

“I really feel higher and stronger now than I did in my early twenties.

“I really like the sensation of flying by means of the sky and spinning and turning, and the G forces that we get.

“I am unable to think about doing something totally different in the mean time.”