Tom Dean was forced to spend seven weeks out after getting COVID-19 for a second time in January. 'When I was sitting in my flat in isolation, Olympic gold seemed like a million miles off. But here we are,' he said.
"I think I was one of the first athletes in any British Olympic sport to contract COVID twice in such a short space of time ... and I'm thinking... 'How am I going to be able to recover from this in time?'""When I was sitting in my flat in isolation, Olympic gold seemed like a million miles off. But here we are," he added.
"After the race he said: 'Mum I just feel like I'm in a dream I knew I could win it but none of it's sunk in.'"
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