Team GB cyclist Lizzy Banks says she was driven to brink of suicide after being wrongly accused of doping - and has spent 'every penny' of her £40k savings clearing her name Cyclist, 33, spoke out this week on her Instagram account about the 'incredibly dark' ten months she's faced after testing positive for banned substances Banks says 'huge mental toll has left deep scars' after being finally found at 'no fault or negligence' in what she says is a 'landmark case' Read more: Aussie Olympic champion Grant Hackett says the global anti-doping body has a 'credibility issue' By Jo Tweedy For Mailonline Published: 14:16, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 14:24, 22 May 2024 e-mail 2 View comments Former Team GB cyclist Lizzy Banks says she was left contemplating suicide while she fought to clear her name after testing positive for banned substances. The athlete, 33, made an emotional appearance on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour this week to discuss ten months of 'absolute hell' she says she endured after being told she'd tested positive for doping in July 2023. Informed she could face a two-year ban, Banks launched her own gruelling investigation into the results, spending she says, around £40,000 of her and her husband's savings.
On her Instagram account, the Worcestershire cyclist this week explained why she's been absent from social media in recent months, saying she'd been 'silently living my worst nightmare'. Banks said the time between being informed she'd tested positive for traces of ch.
