Claudia Pechstein: Doping process finds “a conciliatory end”

Claudia Pechstein (53) sued the ISU ice skating world association in 2009, in its opinion, wrongly imposed doping lock. In the matter that deals with pain and suffering and compensation of several million euros, an agreement seems to have been reached.

The side of the speed of ice and five times the Olympic champion announced a surprising agreement on March 3. “As the negotiator of the Pechstein team, I hereby officially announced in prior consultation with ISU that the Pechstein case on February 27, 2025 has found a clear and conciliatory end after over 16 years,” said Matthias Große, who is Pechstein’s partner. Pechstein shared on the platform with the word “Finally” and three biceps emojis.

In 2009 the ISU imposed a two -year lock due to doping on the basis of striking blood values. Pechstein denied the allegations of doping and had explained the increased values ​​with a blood tanomaly. She has been fighting for her reputation for more than 16 years.

Last October there was an appointment before the Munich Higher Regional Court, but the long -term legal dispute over the doping lock had still not ended. A, originally scheduled for February 13th, the next day of the trial was postponed to April 10th. Now the two sides apparently still agreed.

“I learned 5,837 days ago that something does not correspond to the norm in my body,” said Pechstein in Munich. “The idea that everyone thinks I was crazy about a scam. I couldn’t eat anything for days, cried, was desperate,” she said. Pechstein said that she wanted to commit suicide, which she did not do. She “fought against the injustice. Injustice, that is what was done to me.”

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