‘I was told I was too emotional, I was too vulnerable’

Gold medal winning track cyclist Victoria Pendleton joins Jenni Murray on Woman’s Hour. In this clip, Victoria talks about the early years of her career, why she became determined to prove her detractors wrong, and how she retains her femininity in the male-dominated world of sport. Victoria’s autobiography ‘Between then Lines’ is out now, and to listen to the whole interview please go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00yjd1n, and to hear the whole programme, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mk8zl