Positive sample
Doping vertebrae for Carl: Ski-Ass positive
Long -term runner Victoria Carl consumes a forbidden active ingredient with a medication. Association, Bundeswehr and athlete hope for an acquittal.
Team sprint Olympic champion Victoria Carl has been positively tested for the forbidden substance clenbuterol during a doping control outside of the competition. The national anti-doping agency (NADA) has already started a procedure, the German Ski Association said. If Carl is blocked, this would actually be a starting ban for the 2026 Winter Olympics and thus a possible end of career.
According to all those involved, the 29-year-old cross-country skier from Zella-Mehlis has unknowingly consumed and hopes for a differentiated individual case test. “I was sick, had strong coughing fits and took the medication on a medical instruction. I disclosed everything – I was not aware that a forbidden active ingredient is included. I very much hope that the circumstances will be traced and assessed fairly,” Carl was cited in a DSV press release.
Association sees errors at the doctor
According to the association, the sports soldier was administered the drug Spasmo Mucosolvan to treat acute spastic bronchitis on March 26 after its last race in the winter military world games in Andermatt by a Bundeswehr troop doctor. The doctor failed to “point out the doping -relevant ingredient or to submit an emergency application for a medical exemption,” said the DSV.
“The medical regulation was medically understandable, but organizationally incorrect,” said the senior medical officer of the military competitions. “The athlete is not to blame. She acted in confidence in specialist and competent support within an official military competition environment.”
DSV, Bundeswehr and athlete hope for acquittal
The resulting situation is expressly regretted and hoped “that we can contribute with our statement to the NADA to dissolve it difficult for the athlete.” Due to the special circumstances of the case, the DSV and the Bundeswehr hope for a complete acquittal of the innocent athlete from their point of view.
Carl has been one of the best cross -country skiers in the world for several years. In addition to the Olympic gold in the team sprint, she also won silver with the season in Beijing in Beijing, with which she also won a medal at the World Championships 2023 (silver) and 2025 (bronze).
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Source: Stern
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