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The Independent UK

Olympian Victoria Pendleton: ‘I was running away from my personal life’ by pushing my body to extremes

The decorated Olympic cyclist shares her new book, The Fear Opportunity, and explains the power of doing things that scare you.

The Independent UK

Victoria Pendleton: ‘At school I discovered the traits that make an Olympic champion do not make for a popular teenage girl’

The athlete on the joy of receiving her first bike, her lonely teenage years, and a life-changing phone call

The Guardian - UK

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'Boris bikes' to be named after inspirational women cyclists to increase female ridership

1.5 million cycling trips a day are made in the capital - but only a third by women

Evening Standard

UCI Track Cycling World Championships 2025: Everything you need to know

Winners, medal table and riders to watch at the track champs in Santiago, Chile

Cycling Weekly

Sir Jason Kenny: ‘It’s healthy that people can celebrate other medals’

Britain’s most successful Olympian Jason Kenny tells Emma John about his first experience of coaching at the Games and the ‘money pit’ of pets

The Guardian - UK

'Superstar' Emma Finucane makes history with three medals at Paris Olympics

21-year-old leaves her debut Games with a gold and two bronzes

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How Australia outshone Great Britain at Olympics

With well under half the population, Australia will likely beat Team GB in the medal tally for the first time in 20 years

The Guardian - AU

Olympics 2024: Perfect start in velodrome for Great Britain with gold in women's team sprint

British trio set three world records on opening night in velodrome

Evening Standard

The rise and rise of Emma Finucane: Team GB’s new track cycling queen

The 21-year-old sprint world champion from Wales could be the successor to Victoria Pendleton and Laura Kenny

The Guardian - UK

Why does the Olympics turn me into such an absolute animal?

As soon as the Games start, it kicks in: the armchair expertise, the deep well of totally imagined knowledge, the phantom athleticism. I’m not sure this is the spirit of global togetherness the events are supposed to foster, writes Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

Sir Chris Hoy latest health update as Olympic cycling legend battles cancer

The Edinburgh-born sprint cyclist is Britain’s third-most decorated Olympian

The Independent UK

Bullied, belittled but indisputably brilliant: how Victoria Pendleton survived everything – and became a cycling legend

She’s one of Britain’s greatest ever athletes – yet has often felt like a failure and fraud. She talks about her Olympic golds, the misery that came with them, and the joy she has found since she retired

The Guardian - UK

Looking beyond glory: rediscovering the soul of sport in front of us

Understanding the human brain can put sport in perspective for the elite and fill the hole that frequent success still leaves

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Don’t Look Down review – the heartwarming tale of 10 terrified celebs on a 100ft highwire

This Stand Up to Cancer special is an oddly touching look at stars who suffer vertigo – and their attempts to walk a nausea-inducingly high tightrope

Evening Standard

Victoria Pendleton announces death of twin brother following ‘epic’ battle with brain tumour

The former Olympic track cyclist-turned-jockey hailed her sibling as ‘kind’ and ‘brave’ and said he would be ‘painfully missed by many’

Wales Online

Victoria Pendleton announces painful loss of her twin brother

"Rest in peace my kind, brave twinnie, you will forever be in our hearts"

The Independent UK

Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton reveals heartbreak after twin brother tragically dies

The double Olympic champion has paid tribute to her twin brother in a heartfelt message on social media

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Daily Mirror

Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton's heartbreak as twin brother tragically dies

Victoria Pendleton, who won Olympic gold during her cycling career, has paid tribute to her brother Alex with a heartfelt message on social media after his death aged 42

The Independent UK

On this day in 2016: Victoria Pendleton falls on racecourse jumps debut

The double Olympic cycling champion, then 35, was riding Pacha Du Polder at Fakenham.

Chronicle Live

Famous faces who studied at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities

Thousands of students have passed through the doors of the city's universities - and some have gone on to reach dazzling heights after graduation

RideApart

McGuinness and Hickman Show Olympic Gold Medalists Track Day Ropes

Isle of Man TT legends Peter Hickman and John McGuinness instruct Olympic Gold medalists Amy Williams and Victoria Pendleton at their first track day.

Daily Mirror

Victoria Pendleton says finding 'joy' saved her life from suicide after Olympics fame

Former Olympic cycling champion Victoria Pendleton has always been open about her struggle with depression - here she reveals the one thing which saved her life

The Independent UK

On this day in 2016: Olympic champion Victoria Pendleton unseated in jumps debut

Pendleton had never sat on a horse before taking up the sport in 2015.

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