Why the ‘Olympic blues’ are a real thing – even if you win a medal

The 2018 Winter Olympics saw Laura Deas achieve everything she ever wanted in her career but, as she tells Jacob Newbury, reality soon hit home

Laura Deas won bronze in PyeongChang back in 2018 (Getty Images)

Taking home an Olympic medal should be a moment to savour for any athlete but Laura Deas struggled to adjust life after the Games.

In PyeongChang, the 31-year-old claimed bronze in the women’s skeleton and was the second British woman on the podium as Lizzy Yarnold clinched gold.

It was a whirlwind couple of months in 2018 for Deas who got married not long after the Games, but reality soon hit home.