Hirscher on doping offenders: “Ban for life”

“I am of the opinion that athletes who act deliberately and systematically will not be banned for two years, but for life,” the 30-year-old told Austrian media representatives.

He feels strange when he sits in front of the television and sees someone becoming world champion who was previously banned for two years and wanted to “use such methods to systematically and deliberately increase performance”. “For me, that's crazy.” You have to make a distinction whether someone is acting professionally and intentionally, or it's a matter of sloppiness, like alpine skier Alain Baxter, who was banned for using a nasal spray.

The Salzburg resident also considers the different handling and legislation regarding the issue of doping in the different countries to be questionable. Not many countries have an anti-doping law, and not all of them carry out tests. “It is measured extremely unequally. In some countries, controls aren't even allowed, and athletes there are really, really strong in sports. There is still a long way to go in the sports world.”

Hirscher breaks the lance for Schröcksnadel Hirscher broke a lance for Peter Schröcksnadel, the President of the Austrian Ski Association, who is heavily criticized in the current case, which once again also affects cross-country skiing. “We owe a great debt of gratitude to one person for the fact that skiing is in the state it is today. So I sure. I feel sorry for him. The man does an incredible amount for the ski association and 450 athletes.”

What bothers him is that there is a generalization in the case. It's called the athletes, the ski association. “There are two criminals in this case. That's like saying that in Austria we have eight million bank robbers or murderers. That's why I'm privately and personally sorry for Peter that he has to stand there now. But he’s been through a lot in his career and he can do it.”

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Hirscher on doping offenders: “Ban for life”

Marcel Hirscher spoke out for the first time in the current blood doping scandal in Kranjska Gora at the weekend. The Salzburg ski racer would take serious action against intentional fraudsters.

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