Cycling NZ and High Performance Sport NZ (HPSNZ) announced the independent inquiry panel today, adding they were "now moving to be a participant" in the investigation. In a social media post before her death, Podmore spoke of a "cover-up" at Cycling NZ and High Performance Sport NZ. Co-chairs of the inquiry will be QC Heron, who also led a 2018 inquiry into inappropriate culture at Cycling NZ, and Massey Professor Sarah Leberman. Holden said "the world has changed quite considerably since that [2018] report was issued" and they do not equate the events that led to the 2018 report to be comparable to the current situation. Photo / Mike ScottJacques Landry, chief executive of Cycling NZ, speaks last month after the death of former Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 20, 2021 23:39 UTC