Cyclist Wiggins opens up on cocaine addiction

Bradley Wiggins. Pic/AFP

Five-time Olympic champion and Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins says he became a cocaine addict following his retirement in 2016.

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"There were times my son thought I was going to be found dead in the morning," he told The Observer.

"I was a functioning addict. I was high most of the time. I was walking a tightrope and I had to stop," Wiggins, who quit his addiction last year, added.

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