HOW DID WE GET HERE? May 16, 2011
As doctor for British Cycling and Team Sky, Freeman orders 30 Testogel sachets from Fit4Sports to the National Cycling Centre in Manchester.
February 28, 2017
Freeman fails to report to the Parliamentary committee hearing into doping, claiming that he is too ill to attend.
October 20, 2017
He resigns from Team Sky, citing ill health.
October 28, 2019
Start of Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MTPS) hearing to investigate whether Freeman ordered the sachets for an athlete, if he lied when claiming to UKAD he ordered the sachets in error and subsequently returned them to Fit4Sports, and if he took precautions to protect his medical records. He admits to 18 of 22 charges — including that he asked Fit4Sports to state that the sachets were sent in error — but claims GB coach Shane Sutton bullied him into ordering Testogel for Sutton’s erectile dysfunction and not for athletes. Sutton denies these claims.
October 7, 2020
Freeman claims he had not read World Anti-Doping Agency’s rules on ordering Testogel and thought it would be permitted for non-athletes. He then admits he destroyed the sachets and that he damaged his laptop containing key medical records before turning it in to the General Medical Council in 2019, but that he has ‘nothing to hide’.
Yesterday
UKAD charge Freeman with two antidoping violations. He is understood to have admitted the tampering charge.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
l The MPTS give their verdict on March 2, determining whether or not Freeman is fit to practise. l UKAD will then hold their own inquiry, which is likely to lean heavily on the MPTS ruling. l Freeman faces a four-year ban if found guilty.