Germany’s Werner Schallau, a longtime masters athlete who set an M40 pentathlon world record back in 1978, has fallen under suspicion of doping, according to Annette’s Seite. Werner, apparently a high official in the German masters organization, is now 67, but he’s not entered in the Eurovets championships starting July 19 in Poland. (See the entry list.) Anyway, a rough translation of the German report follows:

Doping: Suspicion rests on Werner Schallau
Although also despite several inquiries of www.masters-sport.de of the DLV and the westfälische DLV regional organization FLVW so far to the new Dopingaffäre in the senior Leichtathletik persistent are silent, gradually certainty occurs: One of the parade seniors of the DLV, active speaker Werner Schallau, stands in the urgent suspicion to have doped.
Schallau had been asked on 11 June with the German multi-combat championship of the seniors in awls to the Dopingprobe. The A-sample was positive. On Friday of yesterday at 10.33 o’clock was then published its name in a contribution of the DLV Internetforums best age. in awls reached 1938 born westputrefy in the five-fight of the age group M65 at the end for it a not satisfying 11. Place, after it had given up over 1500m.
Its achievements in awls (far: 3,98 (W: +0,4); Speer 35,66m; 200m 34,56sec (W: +0,0); Diskus 36,59; 1500m aufg.) were up to then however clear under the level of its best result of previous year (2005: Far; 4,43 (W: +0,9); Speer 44,27; 200m: 33,35sec; Speer: 34,40; 1500m: 8:00,84 min, 24,09. in Gladbeck). Together with his two team colleagues however finally occupied the retired teachers from gel churches bronze rank in the crew valuation.
Team bronze might have to be returned, if the Dopingvorwurf is confirmed. To two weeks later Werner Schallau wanted to go on the last June weekend with the open Westfäli senior championships into bath Oeynhausen to the start and for the Hochsprung, the Diskuswurf and the Speerwurfkonkurrenz had announced, did not begin then however not there.
To inquiries to the reproaches it does not react so far. After unconfirmed reports it is” to be” at present “in vacation. For before the standing EM in floats Werner Schallau does not have announced. However Werner Schallau stands as a candidate with the current choice as an active speaker. It holds the office within the DLV for several years.
The carrier of the DLV needle in gold, always engaged in the senior scene, was considered so far as favorite to a re-election. The initiators of the Vaterstetter Antidoping explanation confirmed in the meantime that Werner Schallau signed the Antidoping declaration. He endorsed, it was said it expressly.
Kurt Pientka, managing director of sound from Leichtathletikverein SuS Schalke 96, asked on request of www.masterssport.de for understanding that he at present to Werner Schallau deliver no statement: “There Mr. Schallau so far neither the association the fact that he, communicated still its name in this case was tested was officially called and it could not be belonged therefore also yet, is at present not only inappropriate and unfair a statement, her was based only on speculations.” (15.07.06)