Laura Kenny: How One British Cyclist Pedalled Past Empires, Brexit, and the Limits of Human Thighs
Laura Kenny, née Trott, is what happens when a small island that once ruled a quarter of the planet refuses to admit it’s finished bossing everyone around. Britain may have mislaid the empire, but it still exports miniature blonde meteors who pedal faster than most governments fall. Five Olympic golds, a knighthood-in-drag (they call it…