Victoria Pendleton

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yeah perfect,
thanks for that

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This is quite patroni*s*ing.

Esquire

http://www.esquire.co.uk/2012/06/victoria-pendleton/

Victoria, I like you the best....

Nnnnngggggggggg

I can't understand why any of you lot give a fuck and feel you need to either approve or disapprove. She's a fully grown woman and has done as much with her life as any of you have with yours. It's patronising and prudish. This is a great woman who has the respect of everyone here, why are we debating her personal decisions?

Because this is the most puritanical forum this side of mumsnet.

Anyone actually read her article in Esquire?

Its pretty good.

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phwoarrr

wheres marcom to past it in the picture of the day thread?

Why is Victoria Pendleton so fast?

because she has performance enhancing jugs.

sorry Nhatt.

Wouldnt mind tubmling her weed

Wouldnt mind tumblring her weed

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/victoria-pendleton

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http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5nayjf2q31qf136co1_1280.jpg

LATFH....

Looking tonk in the bottom pic.

It's sad that trying to find a thread about Victoria Pendleton, there were much more about FHM phwoar than sporting business. Anyway, there's another good article in the Guardian, which is why I'm digging up the festering corpse of this thread.

About the complexity of her falling for her coach, him getting sacked and then brought back, and a BBC documentary following the same story. Looks to be a stunnah!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/13/london-2012-victoria-pendleton-olympics

That is a good article, looking forward to the documentary.

There are all kinds of problems with athletics coaches getting involved romantically with the athletes, it's not far from a teacher/student thing.

Yet there is a love story at the heart of this film. Shortly before Beijing, Pendleton and Gardner fell for each other. They did not begin their relationship until they had first told Sutton. Their mentor was taken aback, if not entirely surprised. He advised Pendleton and Gardner not to reveal their feelings publicly until after the Olympics.

"The bottom line is that Scott broke protocol," Sutton suggests now. "You don't get involved with the athletes. Had the real Shane Sutton stepped up to the mark at that particular point I would have said for Scott to probably walk then. But the problem then was that he added so much value." "It was hard," Gardner says simply. "It was hard but you can't deny love. And we fell in love … at work."

At the time Pendleton was 27, Gardner 32. They were both single and their relationship affected no one else. Falling in love with a work colleague is not an entirely novel concept. It's only forbidden in elite sport. "We knew that any relationship between an athlete and a coach was fraught with complications," Pendleton tells me, "and regarded as unethical and unacceptable. There are justified reasons for strict boundaries between a male coach and a much younger female athlete. The scope for abuse is obvious if a teenage gymnast or swimmer is being courted by her adult coach. I thoroughly support all limitations which curb the chances of a grown man taking advantage of a vulnerable girl. It was different with Scott and me. We were consenting adults. It felt natural and lovely. But it unleashed a situation we're still recovering from."

Did anyone spot this on the box?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzOBGaymHfQ

Tomorrow at 9 on BBC1 - Victoria Pendleton: Cycling's Golden Girl

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She's pretty institutionalised.

In what way?

How did this ever get made? What utter, utter tosh. Made by Hello magazine presumably?

Not happy with the over dramatisation of her personal life Andy?
I thought it was pretty insightful myself.

She's pretty institutionalised.

That's exactly what my wife said. She seems a little emotionally under developed. She is great tough :)

Yeah, she does appear to be going through the same problems that some of my more sporting friends are now.

Frizzy hair?

How did this ever get made? What utter, utter tosh. Made by Hello magazine presumably?

I'd guess you're not the target market.

Yes it's silly and not her at her best, but I bet she got paid well.

That's exactly what my wife said. She seems a little emotionally under developed. She is great tough :)

Great tough? Does this mean "well 'ard"?