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The Stuttgarter Zeitung conducted an interview on doping by putting the same five questions to five German scouts. In addition to the Bavarian twenty-four, Nadine Hildebrand (athletics), Claudia Pechstein (speed skating), Frank Stäbler (fight) and Silke Kassner (canoe) were also asked.
Thursday 20 July 2017 4 minutes reading time
These are the answers given by the biathlete, winner of the last Crystal Ball and 3 gold medals at the Hochfilzen World Cup.
How is the fight against doping going? "Hard to say. I think in Germany the network of controls has become so tight that it makes systematic doping impossible. Unfortunately there are still too many holes at the international level. I almost hope that the fight against doping has become more effective than it was a few years ago. "
If I were in the lead in doping, what would be the first decision to take? "If a country wants to compete internationally, it must allow anti-doping officials to carry out checks at any time. If controllers can only test after obtaining entry visas long before, then they are no longer 'surprised' and the system does not make sense. Above all, I would favor a significant tightening of sanctions. If you have to prove that an athlete has systematically subsided, then it is also disqualified for life at first positivity. Moreover, it is also necessary to extend this punishment to those who make this possible, or to the men behind the athlete who have given him or have pushed him to continue with continuity. "
How much funding would be needed to fight doping effectively? "I can not estimate it. I can only say that it would be important, whatever the budget, to spend the money really for the fight against doping and not in bureaucratic procedures. "
In what area should you invest more? "On the one hand, on prevention, especially in the education of young people. From this point of view there is a lot to do. It should be explained that professional sport does not necessarily mean having to win at all costs. In addition, I think we should invest in supporting athletes, especially on the psychological level. It is clear that some are frustrated because they want to emerge and fail. These people should be helped before they fall into temptation. Finally in the controls. It would be nice that the anti-doping system was not always forced to recite the part of the turtle, while doping is that of the hare. "
Do you have any idea how to improve the system? "It should increase transparency, make public all the data that can be made public on athletes. It would also be necessary to improve the availability system. Now like now, it's a disaster. With today's technology it could make everything simpler, quicker and more effective "
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