German handed two-year ban for doping violation
Germany’s Jan Voigt, an M50 hammer thrower, will have to cool his heels until September 2007 as a result of sanctions recently imposed by German track authorities. His case was reported last August — but his official punishment was disclosed only this month. Apparently, ol’ Jan dabbled in too much testosterone.
Here’s a very rough translation of Annette and Robert Koop’s report:
DLV closes Jan Voigt (M50) in the case of the suspended thrower Jany Voigt (* 1954, Ahrensburger TSV) the Disziplinarausschuss of the German Leichtathletik federation decided that the athlete committed a Dopingverstoss. It imposed to the athlete against a two-year match barrier and confirmed thereby suspending from 5 September 2005. Since the period of suspending is taken into account on the barrier, the barrier ends on 8 September 2007.
The offizuielle explanation: “the analysis on 16 July 2005 with a Dopingkontrolle on the occasion of the German senior championships II in Vaterstetten taken urine sample of the athlete resulted in a Testosteron/Epitestosteron quotient 4. The additionally accomplished carbon abundance ratio mass spectrometry (GC/C/IRMS) referred to an exogenous supply of Testosteron or Testosteron Prohormonen. Testosteron ranks among the group forbidden anabol androgens of the Steroide. Further in the sample of the athlete the presence was proven by Ephedrin, heard that for the group of the Stimulanzien forbidden in the match.â€
Jan Voigt did both the execution of the b-analysis and without a verbal hearing. it left the Ahrensburger TSV and already laid down its office as a senior representative of the regional organization Schleswig-Holstein in July immediately after the Dopingproben, without making certainly there a connection to its Doping clear (15.12.05)
Me again:
Germany is hard-core when it comes to policing doping. But it also is committing big bucks to a testing program that many countries (the USA included) have wisely decided should go elsewhere.
No doubt cheaters should be punished. But where will the money come from?
Here’s hoping Santa brings you whatever your event demands (strength, speed or stamina) and that your new year brings age-group PRs galore.
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