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Nordic skiing: Blood doping scandal rocks sport as five athletes arrested
Source: BBC
Nordic skiing: Blood doping scandal rocks sport as five athletes arrested
1 March 2019
The skiing world is embroiled in a "blood doping" scandal - where athletes are said to inject specially altered blood back into themselves.
Footage was leaked showing Austrian cross-country skier Max Hauke allegedly giving himself a blood transfusion.
He was one of five athletes arrested in Seefeld, Austria, which is hosting the Nordic World Ski Championships.
A police officer is also reportedly facing investigation for giving the video of Mr Hauke to the press.
The arrests have sent shockwaves through the skiing world, and have happened right in the middle of one of its biggest global competitions.
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1 March 2019
The skiing world is embroiled in a "blood doping" scandal - where athletes are said to inject specially altered blood back into themselves.
Footage was leaked showing Austrian cross-country skier Max Hauke allegedly giving himself a blood transfusion.
He was one of five athletes arrested in Seefeld, Austria, which is hosting the Nordic World Ski Championships.
A police officer is also reportedly facing investigation for giving the video of Mr Hauke to the press.
The arrests have sent shockwaves through the skiing world, and have happened right in the middle of one of its biggest global competitions.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47415803
Max Hauke, pictured in Sochi 2014, was filmed blood doping during the Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld
