The medical tribunal that will assess Dr. Richard Freeman’s fitness to practise and explore doping allegations durin🌼g his time at Team Sky and British🐭 Cycling has been adjourned until Friday, with further delays 𒈔likely.

Freeman was not present on the opening day of the triᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚbunal in Manchester on Wednesday. In his absence, his lawyer, Mary O’Rourke QC, requested a private session in order to submit an application for a 48-hour adjournment, which was granted by the panel of three tribunal members.

T🐷he hearing will officially recommence at 9:30 am on Friday, though further delays are on the cards as the tribunal anticipates a further app💦lication on Friday.

Reasons for the adjournment were not disclosed, given the discussions took place in private. Medical practioners' tribunals are held in public but certain parts c✨an be heard in priꦦvate, either on health grounds, or in exceptional circumstances that outweigh the public interest.

Freeman’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:str🐼uggles with mental health problems, including severe depression and suicidal thoughts, are well documented, and prevented him from giving evidence in person to the UK Parliament Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) select committee inquiry into doping in sport in 2017. He also provided his evidence to the UK Anti-Doping investigation in writing, and more recently pulled out of appearing at the employment tribun𒊎al for British track rider Jess Varnish.

There is no guarantee that the tribunal will formally open on Friday morning. In fact, the chances are slim. Stephen Mooney, the tribunal’s Chair, revealed that there is likely to be a further application submitted on꧂ Friday morning, though he did not specify if it would be another application for adjournment, or for another matter.

Either way, the application is likely to be considered in private, meaning the tribunal, which begins with the General Medical Council (GMC) ไsetting out its case against Freeman, is unlikely to start befor𓄧e next week.

"There is likely to be a further application on Friday morning which would require legal arguments and it may well be that they would be heard in private,” said Mooney as the mediꦉa and public were invited back in to hear the adjournment decision.

"If the matters can be considered in public, they will be, but it is very likely on Friday we will be r💧econvening to hear submissi🐼ons in private."

Both parties - Freeman and the GMC - have been invited to submit documents to the tribunal panel, which will be read through on Thurs🍃day ahead of reconvening on Friday morning.

Freeman, a doctor at both Team Sky꧑ and British Cycling between 2009 and 2015, has been called to the tribunal to assess his fitness to practise, after a number of allegationsꦡ including intention to dope a ride⛄r.

In June 2011 Freeman took delivery of a package containing 30 sachets of testosterone g𒁃el at the Team Sky and British Cycling HQ in Manchester. It is alleged that Freeman’s mot⛎ive for placing the order was "to administer to an athlete to improve their athletic performance". Testosterone is banned in and out of competition under the World Anti-Doping Agency’s rules and, if the General Medical Council (GMC) can stand up the allegation, it would represent a significant blow to the reputations of Team Sky and British Cycling.

The tribunal is also set to examine Freeman’s previous explanations for the delivery, including that it was sent in error and that it was intended for use by a non-athlete, as well as 🦩his approach to prescription medication, his treatment of colleagues without informing their GPs, and his record keeping.

Freeman is not required to attend his tribunal in p♑erson. It i🥂s not clear whether he will appear later in the tribunal but on the first day he is being represented by Mary O’Rourke, a prominent QC with high-profile experience in the fields of sport and medicine.

O’Rourke represented Dr. Eva Carneiro in 2016 when she was dismis🍎sed by Chelsea Football Club after a row with manager Jose Mourinho. Carneiro brought a case of constructive dismissal and sex discrimination, which was settled shortly before she was due 🍒to give testimony.