Before the World Cup: This is what Bø, Dahlmeier and Co. say about the doping debate

Double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) does not want to be confronted with the Seefeld doping scandal “every day” during the Biathlon World Championships in Östersund - because she and the German team are “absolutely clean” and have “nothing to do with it.” “We do everything in our power, there are constant doping controls. “I didn’t even know the doctor in Erfurt by name, there is no personal connection,” said Dahlmeier.

The raids during the Nordic World Ski Championships last week “totally shocked Dahlmeier and shook the entire scene. That’s why it’s important,” said the 25-year-old before the mixed relay ( Click here for the “Azzurri” squad ) on Thursday (16.15:XNUMX p.m.), “to make a clear statement.”

Laura Dahlmeier won the mass start in Antholz at the end of January. © APA/afp / MARCO BERTORELLO

Bø: Doping raids are the only option The Norwegian biathlon star Johannes Thingnes Bø sees raids like those recently at the Nordic World Ski Championships as the only way to effectively expose doping offenders. “This is the new way to catch the fraudsters. It's a good procedure because now no one can be sure and the police can knock on the door at any moment," the 25-year-old told ARD radio.

The Austrian cross-country skier Max Hauke was caught with a blood transfusion in his arm during a raid on the sidelines of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld. A total of nine athletes have now confessed and admitted their involvement in the doping network of Erfurt sports doctor Mark S.

Bø described these images as “scary” before the World Ski Championships in Östersund, which begins on Thursday - but it is apparently the only possibility for a fairer sport. “The fraudsters have proven often enough that they can get through doping tests undetected,” said Bø. Wolfgang Pichler: “That would be the height of stupidity” Sweden's German biathlon coach Wolfgang Pichler does not believe in a second Seefeld at the World Championships. Östersund is “not a good place for doping offenders. If someone gets caught here after Seefeld, it would be the height of stupidity. Then I no longer understand the world,” said the 64-year-old before the start of the title fights on Wednesday.

The German had already done so before Arnd Peiffer insulted the doping offenders as “idiots”.

The Austrian biathlete According to his own statements, Simon Eder has received offers to engage in banned doping practices in the past.

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Before the World Cup: This is what Bø, Dahlmeier and Co. say about the doping debate

The biathlon stars Laura Dahlmeier and Johannes Thingnes Bø commented on the current doping debate in the run-up to the World Cup in Östersund, which begins on Thursday.

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