Elinor Barker asks drivers to ‘have a bit of patience’ after Olympian was knocked down in hit and run

The Olympic gold medallist was forced to miss a week’s training after a driver knocked her off her bike and fled the scene

Elinor Barker
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Elinor Barker has asked drivers to “have a bit of patience” after she was knocked off in a hit and run.

Barker, who is in training for the Tokyo Olympics this summer, almost had her dreams of another gold derailed by a driver who failed to stop at a roundabout in April.

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