Blow to UK cycling as team doctor guilty of ordering testosterone
Richard Freeman was charged with ordering 30 sachets of Testogel to the national velodrome in Manchester for an unnamed athlete in 2011
12 March 2021 - 15:57
Bengaluru — The former chief doctor for Team Sky and British Cycling was found guilty of ordering testosterone “knowing or believing it to be for an athlete to improve their athletic performance”, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruled on Friday.
More than two years after the tribunal in the case against Richard Freeman had begun, the MPTS delivered a damning verdict on the conduct of the doctor who worked for Team Sky and British Cycling during a golden period of success between 2009 and 2017...
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