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And while Laura Trott and Lizzie Armitstead struggle to fit their hair under their aero helmets, Rowsell's slips on to her bald head with ease. But mostly, the year-old says cheerfully, wearing a Rachel from Friends-ish wig the colour of maple syrup, she doesn't think about her alopecia much. I put a wig on. That's just what I do. It's not something that enters my day-to-day thoughts. The more I get asked about it, the more I think maybe I should be worried about it, maybe I look awful.

She doesn't, of course. She looks fighting fit, sitting in her GB tracksuit in the velodrome cafe in Manchester. She's back on form after missing the inaugural women's Tour of Britain in May with flu and is ready and raring for next month's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Rowsell followed the women's Tour of Britain from her sickbed and was cheered to see so many people turn out to watch Holland's Marianne Vos power her way to victory. Cycling is a very accessible sport; it can come past your house if you're lucky enough.

You don't have to pay to go to a stadium. When the Tour de France rolls through Yorkshire next month, Rowsell plans to be by the roadside watching. She'll probably be up Cragg Vale, Britain's longest continual hill, a five-mile slog from Mytholmroyd, on one of her regular training routes. Having that identity as a medical student has really helped me transition.

And also having a focus. Every day training you have targets to hit, even when you have a rest day, your aim is to rest as much as possible. What am I working towards? Also coming up to exams, I know people get very nervous. In sport, you also have to focus on the process and doing the training properly and getting yourself to race day as best you possibly can, and I think that transfers to exams at university.

You need to put in the work, put in the revision, but also still get enough sleep, look after yourself and be in the best possible shape.

I joined right at the start of the academic year and went to their first session.