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Sir Bradley Wiggins, cyclist: I couldn’t see hope or joy

Sir Bradley Wiggins, cyclist: I couldn’t see hope or joy

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Anna Foster speaks to five-times Olympic champion, the British cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins

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''There were periods when I couldn’t see any hope or joy,'' says
British cycling champion Sir Bradley Wiggins in a deeply personal
interview with Anna Foster

The first Briton to win the Tour de France, he collected five
Olympic gold medals throughout his career. But his stellar
reputation came under attack as he faced allegations of doping.
What followed was a descent into drug addiction that was fueled,
he says, by the pain of an absent father and the abuse he
suffered at the hands of a coach, all while growing up in the
public eye.

Today he is a “better version of himself”, supported by close
family, clean of drugs for a year and in therapy. The Interview
brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all
over the world. The best interviews from the BBC. You can listen
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Presenter: Anna Foster Producers: Jade Lauriston and Lucy
Sheppard Editor: Justine Lang

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(Image: Sir Bradley Wiggins Credit: Nordin Catic/Getty Images)