Olympic Games: Sheffield's Bryony Page banishes demons ahead of Tokyo

By Will Jennings
Published 22nd Jul 2021, 15:11 BST
Updated 22nd Jul 2021, 15:29 BST
Bryony Page (L) and Laura Gallagher of Great Britain pose for a photo to mark the official announcement of the trampoline team selected to Team GB for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images for for British Olympic Association)Bryony Page (L) and Laura Gallagher of Great Britain pose for a photo to mark the official announcement of the trampoline team selected to Team GB for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images for for British Olympic Association)
Bryony Page (L) and Laura Gallagher of Great Britain pose for a photo to mark the official announcement of the trampoline team selected to Team GB for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images for for British Olympic Association)
Bryony Page feared her trampolining gymnastics career had spun dramatically out of control after soaring to silver at Rio 2016.

But the Sheffield-based ace is back in the big time and says she’s never been hungrier to bounce all the way to Olympic glory in Tokyo this summer.

Page scooped individual silver in Brazil five years ago and has been officially selected alongside Laura Gallagher in Team GB’s trampolining team for Japan.

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An ankle injury after Rio left her having major doubts but Page, a 2013 team world champion, says those demons have been firmly banished ahead of her second shot at gold.

The 30-year-old, who competes in Tokyo on July 30, said: “I went straight from the high of Rio, when I felt like I could do anything, to then going pretty much straight into injury rehab.