Sutton was found to have used sexist language towards Varnish John Walton/PA WireBritish Cycling has admitted it did not provide “sufficient care and attention” to the wellbeing of its staff and athletes in their pursuit of winning medals. A leaked draft report of an investigation into the “climate” inside British Cycling and its alleged failings, published in the Daily Mail, spoke of a “culture of fear” at the governing body. [We] focused on medal delivery without sufficient care and attention to the overall staff and athlete culture and environmentIt claimed British Cycling “sanitised” its own probe into claims Shane Sutton used sexist language towards Jess Varnish – as well as “reversing” the findings of their own grievance officer to suit their own agenda. The draft, which criticised British Cycling’s “inept” handling of the affair, also found Varnish lost her funding “as an act of retaliation” for criticising coaching staff and that she was “simply removed”…

Source: The Times March 10, 2017 09:00 UTC