Britain Cycling - Team GB - Rio 2016 Cycling Team Media Session - Celtic Manor, Wales - 25/7/16 Joanna Rowsell Shand of Team GB poses for a photo Action Images via Reuters / Matthew Childs Livepic
(Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Joanna Rowsell Shand, who retired from international cycling earlier this month, has defended embattled British Cycling, saying that she never experienced sexism during her stellar 10-year career.
Funding body UK Sport is investigating British Cycling after technical director Shane Sutton quit last year over allegations of sexual discrimination against track cyclist Jess Varnish and an ingrained "culture of fear".
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