Police said at a closely watched press conference how they suspect a doping network revolving around a 40-year-old sports doctor from Germany. The operation is part of operation "Aderlass", which has been going on for several months.
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The police took the World Cup rider on a bar deedThe following day, three of the riders were set free after admitting: Austrians Dominik Baldauf, Max Hauke (who was caught with a syringe in his arm) and Kazakh Aleksej Poltoranin. Poltoranin has since regained its recognition. The other two riders who were arrested were Estonians Karel Tammjärv and Andreas Veerpalu. Fis, the International Ski Federation, has shut down all.
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SVT's reporter reports on the doping scandalThe aftermath was not over with the end of the World Cup. Thereafter, another Austrian cross-country skier, suspected of being a key figure in this, has been arrested. Another Estonian rider, Algo Kärp, has also admitted doping. The International Bicycle Association UCI has also shut down two Austrian cyclists, Georg Preidler and Stefan Denifl, who have recognized blood doping.
On March 20, German prosecutor Kai Gräber announced that a total of 21 athletes are suspected and that blood transfusions should have taken place in 2011 to 2019 in a total of ten countries, including Sweden. It is unclear, however, whether the suspected athletes come from the same ten countries. Practitioners come from five different sports, of which three are winter sports. Gräber also said that another person, suspected of assisting, has been arrested.
On July 23 this summer Hauke and Baldauf received their sentences. The duo is both shut down for four years for doping, the Austrian Anti-Doping Commission, ÖADR, announced.
On October 30, the trial of Max Hauke began. He was indicted for fraud on the basis of prize money and sponsorship income which he had withdrawn while he was being baptized.