What happens after you win an Olympic gold medal? Instant celebrity status, book deals, and a lot of champagne – or simply pats on the back and a feeling of a job well done? We paid a visit to Laura Collett at her Gloucestershire base after she returned home from her successes at Paris 2024. It was two weeks after she led her British eventing team-mates Ros Canter and Tom McEwen to gold and secured individual bronze at Versailles, and the dust was just starting settle.
“I’m not sure it’ll ever properly sink in,” says Laura. “It’s such a whirlwind, you’re out there, then it’s back to riding horses at home, going to Hartpury and Aston-le-Walls – I spent that time wondering, did it really happen?”
Laura Collett returns to Olympic stage
When Laura and I speak, she has just walked in the door from an “amazing” return trip to Paris, which made it all …