With a surname as synonymous with Olympic success as Kenny, Ennis or Redgrave, pressure is an old friend to Jonny Brownlee.
The triathlon star bagged bronze at London 2012 before moving one step higher up the rostrum four years later in Rio, elder brother Alistair victorious on both occasions.
His sibling had elected to pursue Ironman exploits and clear the path for Brownlee junior, before pivoting back towards Tokyo and locking horns with his brother for a third time in Games action.
Not that the prospect of personal history is keeping Jonny up at night.
“As I’m getting older, into what is my last Olympic Games, that experience is helping me a lot and having those medals does take some of the pressure off,” said the 30-year-old.
“I can go into Tokyo and treat it as a bonus. I want to go in the best possible shape I can be but if this lockdown situation and postponement was before Rio, it would have been a lot tougher to deal with.
“I want to try and get that gold but I’m not as stressed as I may have been.
“This 12 months will actually help me. My body hasn’t been in a great place, I’ve had some niggles and injuries that mean I haven’t been able to train to the best of my ability, but this lockdown has allowed me to get over them. I’m probably the fittest I’ve been since Rio.
“Tokyo will be even more special after this lockdown. It will be a great time for sport, the world will be watching in its new normal.
“It will be my last Olympic Games - hopefully I’ll be there going for two medals, as an individual and in the mixed team, to hopefully cap off a great Olympic career.
“London 2012 will be the most pressure I’ll ever face in my career and it’s nice to know that I won’t have personal expectation quite like that.
“If someone told me I would win two Olympic medals, I wouldn’t have believed them. So anything I get hereon is a massive bonus for me.”
Training for swimming, cycling and running events has mostly been put on hold due to the pandemic, the Yorkshireman has certainly not been short of things to do.
Both Brownlee brothers celebrated birthdays in lockdown - Alastair turning 32 and Jonny 30 in April - with a takeaway burger from the local pub the extent of Jonny’s revelry.
He pushed the boat out in toasting promotion to the Premier League for his beloved Leeds United, opting for an ice cream from a nearby restaurant.
From abandoning a training camp in America to converting his conservatory into a heat chamber, it’s certainly been a busy time for a man who’s finally able to enjoy some rare time at home.
“Keeping busy hasn’t been a problem – being a triathlete, it’s very easy to keep busy. I can never sit still, I’m always up to stuff,” added Brownlee.
“One of the positives that has come out of this lockdown period is the local communities coming together and helping people out, talking to people and sharing experiences.
“Even to just have a friendly face to say hello to has been very important.”
Sportsbeat 2020