There are serious concerns for the mental and physical well being of Australia's former world sprint champion Jobie Dajka as he awaits Thursday’s verdict from an inquiry into his attack on national coach Martin Barras.

Whatever the outcome of the Cycling Australia disciplinary hearing, held and adjourned last Friday, still hanging over Dajka is the threat of assault charges stemming from an incident at the Australian Institute of Sport headquarters in Adelaide last Wednesday. As of Tuesday, Adelaide police said no charges had yet been laid.

Since Dajka was taken to Adelaide's Lyell McEwin hospital, where he has had his mobile phone confiscated, police have telephoned his family to warn that they "should expect charges."

Friends and associates have repeatedly said that since his expulsion from the Olympic squad last year for lying to the Anderson inquiry into alleged drug use at the AIS, Dajka has become “a physiological wreck.”

He admitted to Adelaide's The Advertiser newspaper on Tuesday that alcohol has been a problem since his axing. However, for the last three weeks, he has relied on prescribed anti-depressants and valium to cope with his issues.

“I've had some mental trauma. The booze has been a way out for me,” he told The Advertiser. “I need help. I definitely need help. I can't just keep getting on the booze. I've got to straighten my life out.”

“We are very concerned about his personal health going forward and that is our main concern,” said Dajka's adviser Kerry Ruffles who spoke with the cyclist on Monday.

It is not known how long Dajka will be in the hospital. Dajka’s explosive fall from grace, stems from his exclusion from the Olympic squad last year. Dajka was sent home in disgrace from the track squad's training base at Buttgen, Germany, for lying to the Anderson Inquiry into allegations by cyclist Mark French of drug use at the Australian Institute of Sport in Adelaide. He had since regained a spot on the team, but this most recent incident may spell the end of career.

Reportedly the assault on Barras stemmed from a sequence of events that started with Dajka’s decision to join a group of cyclists on a excursion to Australian rules football game. The group borrowed – and subsequently damaged - an AIS van the Sunday prior to his meeting with Barras.

According to an AIS investigation, the van was released on the condition that one member of the group would serve as a designated driver, but not Dajka as he lost his license last October for nine months and was fined $700 for speeding and drunk driving in Adelaide in December, the year before.

The AIS van was to have been used by the group as transport to and from AAMI Stadium in Adelaide where they watched Essendon play the Crows. However, the van was later returned with a dent, triggering an investigation by AIS officials.

Dajka told Adelaide's Sunday Mail that the group began drinking at the game, adding that the designated driver did not wish to get behind the wheel.

It is believed that the decision prompted someone else in the group to drive the van back to Dajka's home where the riders all continued drinking. Dajka then became involved in “a tussle” with another rider that led to his television and window being broken.

Dajka said that the confrontation started when he teased the young sprinter about being Mark French's friend.

“I gave him a bit of s__t but that's basically what I have been brought up with – it's part of the culture,” Dajka said. “When a junior comes in, he cops it until before breaking point. I got that from Sean [Eadie] and the older guys when I came through.”

“We got back to my place, bantered and everybody was in on it,” Dajka continued. “He cracked and put his fist through my TV. I reacted to that by grabbing him by the throat and giving him a tap on the chin. He reacted by giving me one on the chin.

“Shane Kelly, Jason Niblett and Joel Leonard basically stood there and just let it happen. We both calmed down, but then he put his fist through my window.”

Dajka spoke of a culture of “sledging” and claimed that Barras encouraged it, but he was nonetheless summoned for a meeting with his coach last Wednesday to discuss his “behavior and attitude” over the previous five months.

Dajka admitted that he became enraged when told that he was to be suspended for three months.

“I just snapped,” he said. “I basically grabbed him by the throat and pushed him towards the white board. I went away, came back, and he said a couple of things to me and I basically pushed him over.”

Following the incident, Dajka labeled the sport “corrupt” and “drug-ridden” in an emotion-charged outburst after last week’s disciplinary hearing.

Dajka called Cycling Australia “a joke,” and said he would consider quitting the sport if the independent disciplinary committee suspended him for the assault.

“I've almost had enough of this cycling crap,” said Dajka. “It's corrupt, its drug-ridden. I regret what I did but I was definitely pushed and like I said I'm sick of being part of a corrupt drug sport which just doesn't deserve my time anymore.”

During a three-hour disciplinary committee meeting, Dajka admitted to the misconduct and indicated he would accept a six-month ban.

“If they give me two years I am over, I have had it,” he said.

The committee called for a psychological report to assist with deciding a penalty.

“I think I'm going to put my football boots on and try give Craigy and Charlie a call down at the Crows,” Dajka said.

Cycling Australia chief executive Graham Fredericks admitted there could be drug usage in Australian cycling, but denied claims the sport was “drugridden.”

“Like any sport we don't deny that there's probably some out there,” Fredericks said. “It's certainly not a regular occurrence.”

Fredericks said he was not surprised at Dajka's outburst, citing the stress he was under as mitigating circumstances.

Indeed, that stress has now reached a point where the 24-year-old sprinter has been hospitalized and is seeking help on many fronts.