Wiggins is a winner

THIS week’s hate figure is sir Bradley Wiggins, for doing something which was not against the rules.

He has asthma — and the medication he took treats this condition.

it’s well known that asthma is made much worse by over- exertion. the fact that a side-effect of the asthma drug might have been advantageous in balancing his power-to-weight ratio is immaterial.

Would all the mean- spirited detractors prefer him to pedal his heart out and then collapse with an asthma attack? PAT ELLISON-REED, Glossop, Derbys. WHAT W a strange quirk of fate. On the same day the death of sir roger Bannister was announced, we heard claims about sir Bradley Wiggins.

One man broke a record and accepted plaudits with good grace and humility and then chose to follow his h career as a doctor to help humanity. i the other man broke a record, sat s on a fake throne and made a fortune through sponsorship. sir roger Bannister achieved his fame by hard graft. did the team sky cycling team achieve its success by changing the rules to suit requirements? Mrs GAYNOR WHITE, Derby.