• Coach defends tactic of using TUEs within the rules in BBC documentary• ‘You definitely don’t cross the line and that’s something we’ve never done’Sir Bradley Wiggins’s former coach Shane Sutton has told a BBC documentary that he regarded therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) as a legitimate way of finding “marginal gains” while staying within anti-doping rules.The five-times Olympic champion’s use of the corticosteroid triamcinolone on three occasions in 2011, 2012 and 2013 was within the rules because of his doctor’s successful application for the TUEs; his contention has been that the drug – which is widely viewed as performance enhancing and is on the banned list if not used with a TUE – was necessary to treat his pollen allergies. Documents shown to the Guardian in September 2016 showed that the relevant consultants’ letters had stated that the use of the drug was appropriate and the applications were in order. Continue reading…
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