According to information from the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" and the ARD doping editorial, police operations against organized doping have been taking place since Wednesday morning in the Austrian Ski World Cup venue Seefeld and also in at least one German city. It should go to the suspicion of doping practices around the World Cup, wrote the ARD doping expert Hajo Seppelt on Twitter. The Austrian Federal Criminal Police Office therefore coordinates the missions.
A spokesman for the Austrian Federal Criminal Police Office did not want to comment on the reports on SPIEGEL's request. However, there will be a press release later today. Whether German athletes are suspected, was not known. According to the Austrian "Kronen" newspaper, there had also been a police operation in the quarter of the cross-country skiers of the host country.
The measures are apparently based on findings that have brought investigations following the ARD documentary about the Austrian cross-country skier Johannes Dürr. The Austrian convicted of doping in 2014 had reported that he was operating blood doping in Germany. However, Dürr did not name the names of doping teammates and doping aides publicly.
BREAKING NEWS. ARD doping editorial: Doping raid in Seefeld of the Austrian Federal Criminal Police Office. Suspected doping on the edge of the Nordic World Cup. At the same time police measures in different places. Possibly also participation of persons from Germany
- Hajo Seppelt (@hajoseppelt) February 27, 2019The ARD doping editors reported that in Erfurt an employment in the practice of a sport medicine run, in which customs officials are involved. The doctor has connections in the high-performance sport, even in the Nordic skiing. A spokesman for the National Police Inspectorate Erfurt was, according to their own information, but still nothing is known.
A spokesman for the German Ski Federation said that the DSV team in Seefeld "has no state of affairs and no effects" feel.