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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Rachel Steinberg

Annamarie Phelps still concerned about gender equality at grassroots level

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Olympian and world rowing champion Annamarie Phelps is wary that too much attention paid to progress at the elite levels of women’s sport could “fool” British girls into settling for a status quo that still leaves much to be desired.

Phelps competed in the women’s eight at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, three years after she claimed world gold in the lightweight coxless fours.

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