Belfast Telegraph  Thursday 13 March 2014  Wendy Houvenaghel:
‘In 10 seconds the last six years went up in smoke’  Shattered
dream: Wendy Houvenaghel feels let down by her team-mates and by
British cycling chiefs  Wendy Houvenaghel didn’t get to achieve
her Olympic dream at the weekend when Team GB chiefs refused to
select her to ride in the women’s Team Pursuit competition thus
denying her a gold medal. She speaks to Steven Beacom  SB: So
how are you feeling Wendy?  WH: Steven, I'm bearing up. What
happened on Saturday was a shock. I wasn't expecting it and am
just pulling myself together now.  SB: Can I take you back to
Melbourne in the world championships when the same thing
happened four months ago and you were left out of the team?  WH:
Back in Melbourne when I didn't get used I thought straight away
that this was not good but with the Olympic format being
slightly different to the world championships I felt that it was
worth continuing for the extra four months and giving it
everything I had and trustin