![]() ![]() ![]() "You lose all your energy for life, you can't sleep, you feel helpless, hopeless, worthless, guilty about all sorts of things. I suffered from a major depressive illness. When put to him the downturn in his health was seen by some as a convenient excuse, especially given the imminent publication of a new book he has written, Dr Freeman said: "I found the investigation, initially by the newspapers and then by Ukad, very stressful. "I went down to the select committee the day before, but that's when unfortunately I had a breakdown and it was the final straw," he said. He then resigned from his role at British Cycling (BC) last year, reportedly due to a stress-related illness while he was part of the Ukad investigation.ĭr Freeman - who was simultaneously employed by BC and Team Sky between 20 - said he was still receiving medical care but felt "a lot better" now. His record-keeping "could have been done a lot better" and he is "sorry" he had no back-up system.ĭr Freeman has kept out of the public eye since pulling out of a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) parliamentary select committee hearing into doping in sport in 2016, citing ill health.He "will clear everything up" over a delivery of testosterone patches to the National Velodrome in 2011, but that an ongoing General Medical Council investigation prevents him explaining how.He denies the allegation in an MPs' report this year that Team Sky "crossed the ethical line" by using drugs allowed under anti-doping rules to enhance performance instead of just for medical need.He cannot prove his claim the 'jiffy-bag' contained a legal decongestant because a laptop containing medical records was stolen in 2014, but he now has a document from the time to support his explanation.Read more excerpts from Freeman's interview.However, he does admit that if given the opportunity again, he would "prefer not to" give Wiggins the powerful corticosteroid, and would advise him of the "reputational risk". Dr Freeman denied any wrongdoing over a mystery medical package given to Sir Bradley Wiggins after a race in 2011, despite allegations of the misuse of anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone. ![]()
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