Key witness pulls out of Varnish employment case


  • Cycling
  • Thursday, 13 Dec 2018

FILE PHOTO: England's Jess Varnish waves after winning the bronze medal in the women's sprint finals cycling race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 27, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

(Reuters) - The doctor at the centre of cycling's 'jiffy bag' probe has pulled out of giving evidence at former European team sprint champion Jess Varnish's employment case against British Cycling.

Richard Freeman, a former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor, was one of three witnesses that Varnish's legal team had hoped to call.

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