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2 days ago
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Austria stripped of 2019 worlds bronze due to Seidl's doping case
Austria's Mario Seidl competes in the scoring jump during the men's Nordic combined World Cup individual event, large hill/10 km. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa Austria have been stripped of their team Nordic Combined bronze medal at the 2019 Nordic skiing world championships on home soil in Seefeld, skiing ruling body FIS said in a statement on Tuesday. The announcement was made after the FIS was notified that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) made a final decision on the case of Mario Seidl, who has been charged with blood doping violation and was part of the team who won bronze in Seefeld. Advertisement The CAS imposed the annulment of Seidl's results, titles and prize money obtained between October 6, 2016 and February 18, 2017, as well as from February 19 to April 1, 2019. That period included the world championships in Seefeld. The bronze medal was awarded to Japan, the FIS said. Seidl had previously said that he suffers from a rare immune disorder called hypogammaglobulinemia, a condition characterized by low levels antibodies in the blood. That's why his biological passport presented irregularities, he said.
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12-03-2025
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German ski jumper Eisenbichler to end his career
Six-time Nordic skiing world championships winner Markus Eisenbichler will end his ski jumping career at the end of the season, the German skiing federation DSV said in a statement on Wednesday. The 33-year-old German will compete for the final time at the season closing World Cup event in Planica, Sloveia on March 28-30. "In the past months I have thought a lot about it and my gut feeling told me: It's the right time. It feels good," Eisenbichler said. "Ski jumping was my life - with ups and downs, with emotions, that I can't put into words." In the future, he wants to work as a coach. Eisenbichler has one individual world championships gold medal from Seefeld in 2019 and other five golds from team events. His best Olympics result was a team bronze at Beijing 2022. Recently, however, he hasn't be able to compete at the previous high level, mostly due to minor injuries and knee problems. "Markus Eisenbichler, one of the great ski jumpers, is leaving the World Cup stage. The DSV is very grateful to Markus for his many years of passion, energy and, of course, many, many successes," DSV sporting director Horst Hüttel said.
