Olympics hero Dame Laura Kenny makes heartwarming family announcement - '2025 is going to be special'
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Britain's most successful female Olympian Dame Laura Kenny has announced she is expecting her third child, sharing the joyful news on New Year's Eve.
The cycling legend, who has won six Olympic medals during her illustrious career, revealed her pregnancy in a heartwarming social media post.
The announcement comes after a challenging journey, following a miscarriage in 2021 and an ectopic pregnancy in 2022 that required emergency surgery.
Dame Laura, who retired from competitive cycling earlier this year, shared her delight with a touching message: "2024 was wonderful, 2025 is going to be even more special."
Dame Laura Kenny has revealed she is expecting her third child
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The Olympic champion shared a touching video on Instagram featuring her two young sons, Albie and Monty, wearing T-shirts that read: "I'm going to be a big brother to a baby."
The heartwarming clip then revealed Dame Laura standing in front of her Christmas tree, proudly cradling her baby bump with a beaming smile.
Fellow Olympic stars were quick to celebrate the news, with Jessica Ennis-Hill commenting "I knew it. Congratulations to you both" and Rebecca Adlington adding her congratulations with heart emojis.
The announcement has sparked an outpouring of support from well-wishers across the sporting community.
Dame Laura has been candid about her previous fertility struggles, describing the period as "heartbreaking" and emotionally challenging.
Speaking on the High Performance podcast, she revealed: "I cannot tell you how low I felt for 18 months, with this desire to have another baby, and it consumed me."
The champion cyclist underwent surgery to remove a fallopian tube following her ectopic pregnancy in 2022.
"The miscarriage was one thing, the ectopic was another level of scariness," she shared, adding that she "never really processed that because all I ever wanted was another baby."
Laura Kenny posted the heartwarming update on social media
Her journey to conceive her second son Monty, born in 2023, was particularly difficult, with Dame Laura describing it as "just hell."
Dame Laura, who married fellow cycling champion Sir Jason Kenny in 2016, retired from competitive cycling in March this year.
The couple welcomed their first son Albie in 2017, followed by Monty in 2023.
Her retirement came as a surprise to many, with Dame Laura explaining that the sacrifices of leaving her family were not worth pushing to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
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Laura Kenny has won six medals at the Olympics for Great Britain
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Before stepping away from the sport, she had cemented her legacy as Britain's most successful female cyclist, winning her fifth Olympic gold medal in the Madison at Tokyo 2021.
The power couple's shared Olympic success has made them one of British sport's most celebrated families.
Dame Laura has been open about the emotional toll their fertility struggles took on both her and her husband.
"It was the first time Jason said to me he'd seen me change. I could see my personality — sad, upset — because I'm not like that," she revealed.
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