Forty. It’s a watershed age and Victoria Pendleton — one of our greatest ever female Olympians — can’t quite work out what reaching the milestone means to her. Is she having a belated episode of adolescent defiance, denied to her in her teens because she was so fiercely committed to sport? Or has retirement from … Read more
She struggled to adjust to life on the boat, fainting minutes into the first challenge. And Victoria Pendleton faced even more struggles in Wednesday’s Don’t Rock The Boat, as she clashed with actor Craig Charles after he accused her of being ‘toxic’. The Olympic champion, 40, stormed off in hysterical tears after Craig implied her … Read more
Victoria Pendleton has admitted her career as an Olympian made her feel weak asking for professional help when she contemplated suicide following the breakdown of her marriage to Scott Gardner. The cycling star, 39, has credited British Cycling’s psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters with ‘saving’ her from herself in the past – but believed at the time that … Read more