It was on February 27, 2019 that Max Hauke's skiing career came to an abrupt end, when Austrian police stormed into an apartment in Seefeld and took Hauke on a bare doping act, with a cannula in his arm just hours before the World Cup of 15 kilometers.
- It was the worst second of my life, says Max Hauke to Expressen about the event that marked the end of his skiing career.
Cross-country skiing is an extreme occupation, and the 21st century has meant a distasteful soup of prepared ski blood.
At the Olympics in Sochi in 2014, the Austrian Johannes Dürr got stuck for epo, and it became a starting point for teammate Max Hauke, who now apologizes that he had the feeling that doping is needed for success.
- I was good at the junior WC, I had talent.
And at that time we used to say about someone who succeeded: "what has he eaten for breakfast".
Then my teammate got stuck in Sochi, and I made the mistake of my life in thinking that it is only possible to be at the top with doping, says Max Hauke to Expressen.
SVT Sport explains: What is micro-doping
?
Javascript is disabled
Javascript must be turned on to play video
Read more about browser support
The browser is not supported
SVT does not support playback in your browser.
We therefore recommend that you switch to another browser.
Read more about browser support
What is microdoping?