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''There were periods when I couldn鈥檛 see any hope or joy,'' says British cycling champion Sir Bradley Wiggins in a deeply personal interview with Anna Foster

The first Briton to win the Tour de France, he collected five Olympic gold medals throughout his career. But his stellar reputation came under attack as he faced allegations of doping. What followed was a descent into drug addiction that was fueled, he says, by the pain of an absent father and the abuse he suffered at the hands of a coach, all while growing up in the public eye.

Today he is a 鈥渂etter version of himself鈥�, supported by close family, clean of drugs for a year and in therapy.

The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the 麻豆社. You can listen on the 麻豆社 World Service, Mondays and Wednesdays at 0700 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a podcast, out twice a week on 麻豆社 Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.

Presenter: Anna Foster
Producers: Jade Lauriston and Lucy Sheppard
Editor: Justine Lang

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(Image: Sir Bradley Wiggins Credit: Nordin Catic/Getty Images)