OLYMPIC viewers have praised gold medalist Joanna Rowsell Shand for her cycling commentary and are now begging the BBC to give her a job as a pundit.

The 27-year-old cyclist, alongside teammates Laura Trott, Katie Archibald and Elinor Barker, bagged gold in the women's team pursuit at the weekend.

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They broke the world record in the qualifications rounds before breaking it again in the final.

Rowsell Shand, from Sutton, Surrey, shared a snap of her medal on Twitter writing: "Wow wow wow! What a night! OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS!!!"

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The athlete, who has alopecia - a hair loss condition since the age of ten, won the hearts of Olympic fans when she joined the BBC crew, Chris Hoy and Clare Balding as TV pundit at the velodrome.
Viewers took to Twitter to describe her commentary as "insightful and knowledgeable".
One user wrote: "Dear BBC, please hire Joanna Rowsell Shand for all your future track cycling commentaries! so insightful and knowledgeable."

While another added: "Got to say Joanna Rowsell Shand is a great pundit for the cycling. Sign her up BBC .... Great girl."

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Others commented on her choice of wig on the night.

One user wrote: "How cute is Joanna Rowsell-Shand in her pigtail wig? She can rock a different look every day."

While another disagreed: "Is it just me or does Joanna Rowsell Shand look better WITHOUT her wig?"

In a 2014 interview with the , she famously said she didn't want her alopecia to "define her".

She said: "Everyone does their hair in the morning. I put a wig on. That's just what I do. It's not something that enters my day-to-day thoughts. The more I get asked about it, the more I think maybe I should be worried about it, maybe I look awful."

She is a reigning Olympic and European champion in the team pursuit, and reigning Commonwealth Games champion in the individual pursuit.

She first came to national prominence as a winner of junior national competitions in 2005 and 2006.

As a junior, she won the British National Track Championships pursuit in both these years, whilst in senior competition on the road she won the 2006 British National Women's Series competition.

Rowsell, who married Daniel Shand, a former racing cyclist, in July 2015, has since competed as Joanna Rowsell Shand.