'Proud' Potter goes in Supertri League event - watch on BBC

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Scottish triathlete Beth Potter admits it has been "really difficult adjusting backmost to normal life" aft nan precocious of competing - and winning 2 bronze medals - astatine nan Paris 2024 Olympics.

The 32-year-old made nan podium successful nan individual women's and mixed relay events.

Potter and chap Team GB medallists Alex Yee and Georgia Taylor-Brown will person a hero's invited erstwhile they compete successful Sunday's Supertri League arena successful London.

"That is 1 portion of it that I person recovered really difficult, conscionable adjusting backmost to normal life and conscionable being really proud of what I person achieved arsenic well," she told BBC Scotland.

"People cognize nan Olympics is specified a large event, it has been rather difficult to get yourself backmost into it and almost beryllium motivated for thing because that was specified a large extremity and I deliberation that is difficult for different group to understand."

Potter - who only switched to triathlon aft competing successful nan 10,000m astatine nan 2016 Rio Games - added: "I person recovered immoderate of nan questions group inquire astir it rather difficult to reply because I don't want to travel crossed arsenic being rude aliases thing but erstwhile group inquire 'what is next?' you person not moreover fixed america a chance to sorb what we person conscionable done and really overmuch it has taken to get there.

"Or, if they ask, 'how do you really consciousness astir your medal?' - it is very difficult to travel location pinch a badge from nan Olympics and I deliberation that is thing that is not talked about.

"Most group time off nan Games pinch thing truthful I deliberation being capable to move it connected on that 1 time successful each 4 years is not an easy point to do and I deliberation almost immoderate badge should beryllium celebrated and not like, 'oh you didn't get nan gold, though'. That shouldn't beryllium seen arsenic a failure, that should beryllium seen as, 'wow you sewage a medal, you sewage 2 medals'."

The Glaswegian has besides had to get utilized to nan higher floor plan that has travel disconnected nan backmost of her awesome Paris exploits.

"There is decidedly much hype astir it, I person been recognised rather a batch connected nan thoroughfare and worldly truthful I deliberation that is decidedly different to before," she explained.

"Everyone knows astir nan Olympics, everyone is ace excited to spot nan medals and I deliberation from time to time I americium still nan aforesaid personification and I do nan aforesaid things but it decidedly has much status."

Potter's double bronze Olympic occurrence swells a badge postulation that besides includes world and European golds.

Despite scaling nan heights of nan sport, nan Scot is arsenic motivated arsenic ever to support chasing much glory.

"I sewage nan [world] golden badge past twelvemonth and it still wasn't enough, truthful I deliberation location is ever that portion of you that conscionable ever wants more. Really we should conscionable extremity and look backmost connected nan travel and beryllium really happy pinch wherever we person travel from and what we person achieved successful nan sport, because it is remarkable.

"But past connected nan different side, you person deed your goals for nan play and you person almost achieved astir of nan things you wanted to achieve.

"I still want to compete and I still want to spell backmost and do it again. I will measure really I consciousness aft a due break this play and scheme retired nan adjacent 4 years."

The London Supertri will beryllium unrecorded connected nan BBC Sport website and app, arsenic good arsenic BBC iPlayer connected Sunday betwixt 12:00 and 14:30 BST.

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