SYDNEY: World 100m freestyle champion James Magnussen – who led the much-vaunted 4x100m Australian relay team which bombed spectacularly at the 2012 Olympics – has claimed taking sleeping tablets was “a tradition”.
The team last week admitted taking the prescription drug Stilnox, banned by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), as part of a “bonding exercise” ahead of the Games in London, where they failed even to reach the podium.
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