He was Olympic silver hero 2018: German hockey player receives a major doping ban

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Former German ice hockey player Yannic Seidenberg (39) has been suspended for four years due to a doping violation. This decision was made by the German Court of Arbitration for Sports (DIS) and followed a request from the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).

Seidenberg was provisionally suspended by NADA and his club Red Bull Munich in September 2022 after a training inspection produced “an analytical result that deviates from the norm”. Testosterone and the substance DHEA were found in the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic silver hero.

The ban was imposed retroactively. This means: It starts on September 14, 2022. In addition, all competition results achieved in the period from January 19, 2022 to September 14, 2022 will be canceled “with all the consequences that entails”. However, this only refers to Seidenberg’s personal successes. Red Bull Munich, which finished second in the 2021/22 season, does not have to fear any consequences for the time being.

Seidenberg protests innocence – to CAS?

Seidenberg protests his innocence and blames his doctor for the positive sample. “Because Yannic Seidenberg had also instructed the attending physician not to prescribe substances that are prohibited on the prohibited list with a view to possible doping controls, in our opinion there is no conduct that can be punished in the arbitration proceedings. with a ban for lack of guilt (…); In any event, the arbitral tribunal should have significantly reduced the amount of suspension that would have been imposed,” said Seidenberg’s lawyer Rainer Cherkeh.

Seidenberg played 173 international matches and the three-time German champion and former DEL defender of the year ended his international career in April 2022. The now 39-year-old still has the option of going to the CAS International Court of Arbitration for Sport. “The appeal filing is under investigation,” Seidenberg’s lawyer said. (AFP/dti)

Source : Blick