Cycling-Rowing chief to lead investigation into British cycling (Reuters)
Annamarie Phelps, Britain’s rowing chief, will head the independent review into the “extremely disturbing” claims of discrimination and bullying that have rocked British cycling, it was announced on Friday. Phelps, chairman of British Rowing, will now appoint a review panel that will be asked to examine whether there are “fundamental behavioural issues” at the heart of British cycling’s once-unrivalled sports programme. The news of the 1996 Olympic oarswoman’s key role in the review, which has been co-commissioned by British Cycling and UK Sport, comes after a traumatic week for the sport in Britain during which its technical director Shane Sutton quit amid allegations of sexism, discrimination and bullying.