Martin Johnsrud Sundby: "I was for zero tolerance, but I saw how dangerous the anti-doping system is"

With the month of May for many athletes, the 2017 - '18 season officially began. In fact, in the Nordic disciplines, you are already beginning to work in view of the coming winter. Among those who resumed the work there is also Martin Johnsrud Sundby, who at Nrk's microphones clearly set his own goal for the yearly venture and above all made some sort of confession-analysis.

Tuesday 2 May 2017 3 minutes reading time

Last summer, the Norwegian champion was sentenced by Tas for taking a Ventolin dose higher than allowed in Davos in December 2014 and during the next Tour de Ski 2015. This ruling, which was received on appeal by Wada after the acquittal of Fis, deprived the Scandinavian World Cup and the Tour de Ski of the season 2014 - '15 and has played him in the list of those who have violated anti-doping rules. This is what the thirty-two of Oslo spoke about, saying that "I was once for zero tolerance. Like everyone here in Norway, where we are very hard on doping. Personally I said," Anyone who violates legislation must be disqualified 4 years, fine Of the speech ". But then what happened happened. I came into conflict with the system and, comparing myself with it, I realized how its current structure is very dangerous for athletes. It's not like ordinary justice. For example, I understand that if someone wants to sabotage you, there are a lot of risks. Just contaminate a drink and you can be punished just like those who have been scientifically doped for a long time.Therese (Johaug ndr) is in the same situation and seeing the system from inside tells you why it's wrong to be categorical. In ordinary justice it is said that in doubt it is best to succumb to a culprit rather than to condemn an â€‹â€‹innocent person. On the other hand, in sports justice works exactly the opposite, it is also preferred to condemn the innocent. " Sundby also talked about the future, stating that his next goal is to win the Olympic gold in the 15km with start at intervals. This is not a trivial thing, since it has never been able to embed itself individually at a main event despite a career in which he won 3 World Cups (+1 revoked) and 30 wins in top races.

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