San Sebastian entrant accused of doping

Jan Voigt, an M50 thrower entered at the current San Sebastian world masters meet, tested positive for illegal doping at the German masters nationals this year, according to a report by Annette’s Seite, the German masters track source online. Apparently Voigt’s unseemly improvement in the hammer drew suspicions of German track officials. And after he tested positive, he withdrew from the discus in the same meet. Voigt, 51, is among the top officials of German masters track. Voight did not compete in the M50 hammer in the world meet. He is listed as DNS — did not start.


Here’s a very rough translation of Annette and Robert Koop’s report:
A new Dopingfall meets the German senior Leichtathletikszene.
Not even one year after the three Dopingfaellen with the German DAM in Luebeck was doped the Stormarner thrower Jan Voigt (* 1954, Ahrensburger TSV) with the German championship II in Vaterstetten. This resulted in a Dopingtest after the profit of the hammer throw competition from the Schleswig Holsteiner.
Voigt had reserved seat 8 in the ball pushing in Vaterstetten first with 12,37m. Subsequently, it won the hammer throwing with 51,16m and displaced thereby Gerhard Sextl (* 1953, LG Fichtelgebirge), which on 49,83 m came, on second rank. Subsequently, Voigt was asked to the Dopingkontrolle and drew the conclusions obviously immediately: Because to the Diskuskonkurrenz on the next day it did not begin.
Already with DM II 2004 in Zittau Voigt had won the hammer throw competition and thus its first national single title after an achievement jump with 50,51m.
It also at that time exceeded mark as only throwers the 50 m. In the years before its Bestweiten had been however usually clearly under it, i.e. with 46,39m (2003), to 46,32m (2002) 45,24m (2001), 47,11m (2000), 49,32m (1999), 50,88m (1998) 48,60m (1997) and 48,00m (1996). Obviously also the evaluation of the unusual achievement development of Jan Voigt was now a reason for the Dopingprobe. (28.08.05)
Me again:
Here’s a better translation (sent by Robert Koop on 8/30):
A new Dopingcase shattered the German Masters Athletics scene.
Not even one year after the three drugcases in the German Team Championships at Luebeck another German masters athlete, coming from the county of Storman, was tested positive. at the German Championships II at Vaterstetten near Munich: His name Jan Voigt (* 1954, Ahrensburger TSV). He´s from Schleswig-Holstein state. This was the result of a dopingtest after the hammer throw competition.
First Voigt became rank 8 with a result of 12,37m in the shot put in
Vaterstetten. Then he won the hammer throwing with a result of 51,16m and
displaced thereby Gerhard Sextl (* 1953, LG Fichtelgebirge) to rank 2, who threw 49,83 m. Subsequently, Voigt was requested to the dopingcontrol obviously he realized immediately: next dazs discus-throw he did not start.
Already at German Chamiponships II 2004 in Zittau (Saxonia) Voigt won the hammer throw competition and thus its first national single title after an achievement jump with 50,51m.
It also at that time exceeded mark as only throwers the 50 m. In the years
before its PB had been however usually clearly under 50m, i.e. with 46,39m
(2003), to 46,32m (2002) 45,24m (2001), 47,11m (2000), 49,32m (1999), 50,88m (1998) 48,60m (1997) and 48,00m (1996). Obviously also the evaluation of the unusual achievement development of Jan Voigt was now a reason for the Dopingprobe.

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August 29, 2005