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Bradley Wiggins: I Snorted Cocaine Off My London 2012 Gold Medal
Wiggins battled severe cocaine addiction after retiring, experiencing homelessness and bankruptcy before achieving sobriety with help from Lance Armstrong.
- Speaking to The Times ahead of his autobiography The Chain, later this month, Sir Bradley Wiggins disclosed living in a Middlesbrough crack house and sleeping on Clapham Common park benches during his addiction.
- After retiring from professional cycling in 2016, Wiggins began heavy cocaine use in 2018 and filed for bankruptcy last year after running out of money for hotels and drugs.
- He says he was 'high most of the time' and described hotel binges using up to 120 grams, smashing his Sports Personality of the Year trophy and snorting cocaine off an Olympic medal.
- Now sober and in recovery for a year, Wiggins credits Lance Armstrong's help, has his own house, steady work, leans on his son Ben and uses an Oura ring to avoid relapse.
- As a five‑time Olympic champion and the first Brit to win the Tour de France, Sir Bradley Wiggins remains highly decorated but says addiction cost him his marriage and nearly his life while protesting innocence over jiffy‑bag claims.
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The winner of the 2012 Tour de France in his autobiography "The Chain"
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In a shocking autobiography, cycling hero Sir Bradley Wiggins has revealed his journey to hell: cocaine addiction, financial ruin and the trauma of sexual abuse.
Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France and won five gold medals at the Olympics. After his career began his crash. In a book he reports about his bad time.
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