2 year ban for Michael Weiss
The Austrian newspaper Kurier reported today that an independent commission announced the ban of Austrian Pro and current XTERRA World Champion Michael Weiss for 2 years until November 2013.
Just a few months after winning Ironman St. George, Austria's anti doping agency NADA had cleared Weiss in September of 2010 in an ongoing doping investigation, but according to the Kurier an independent commission in Austria announced a reversal of that judgment today. The case had actually been hanging over the head of Michael Weiss since 2005.
Statements by former road Pro Bernhard Kohl had led to the Michael Weiss investigation about visits to the blood plasma laboratory Humanplasma in Vienna in 2005, but according to the Kurier, even though the commission had little doubts about Weiss having been in that blood plasma lab, when Kohl did not repeat those accusations against Weiss, the case had to be dropped.
The Austrian cycling federation who then governed him as a professional mountain biker and NADA appealed that dismissal and a 5 person jury led by head judge Peter Döller reviewed the case and finally announced the ban in Austria tonight.
The Austrian newspaper Kurier reported today that an independent commission announced the ban of Austrian Pro and current XTERRA World Champion Michael Weiss for 2 years until November 2013.
Just a few months after winning Ironman St. George, Austria's anti doping agency NADA had cleared Weiss in September of 2010 in an ongoing doping investigation, but according to the Kurier an independent commission in Austria announced a reversal of that judgment today. The case had actually been hanging over the head of Michael Weiss since 2005.
Statements by former road Pro Bernhard Kohl had led to the Michael Weiss investigation about visits to the blood plasma laboratory Humanplasma in Vienna in 2005, but according to the Kurier, even though the commission had little doubts about Weiss having been in that blood plasma lab, when Kohl did not repeat those accusations against Weiss, the case had to be dropped.
The Austrian cycling federation who then governed him as a professional mountain biker and NADA appealed that dismissal and a 5 person jury led by head judge Peter Döller reviewed the case and finally announced the ban in Austria tonight.
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