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He was an upstart with brilliant prospects, who got his first crown on the Alps View at the age of 17. It was in 1996 at "Neuchâtel Cantonal". 124 crowns should follow, as well as two triumphs on the occasion of a Swiss character (Expo-Schwinget 2002, Unspunnenfest 2006). To date, Martin Grab, seven times Confederate, is the only athlete who has participated in all mountain festivals.
Due to chronic hip pain, the Swiss of Central Switzerland resigned on May 6 this year – two weeks earlier, he had celebrated his 33rd birthday in the "Canton of Zug"
. Now, the happy ending becomes a tragedy: The Rothenthurmer is facing a positive doping control. Ironically, Grab, who defends the values of swing sports like no other. As a result, the case swirls sawdust. We provide seven questions and answers.
Who controls the Schwinger?
Until the fall of 2016, the Swiss Federal Wringer Association was conducting the checks with its own anti-doping authority. However, the longer the time has come, the more charges that his own athletes would be protected. Meanwhile, the association is a member of Swiss Olympic, has joined the anti-doping Switzerland, which has a positive effect on the image. The association always has an anti-doping commission which, however, acts only as a preventive and / or educational work.
How often are vibrators controlled?
Inspections two decades ago were rare and were then tested more frequently. The situation has changed dramatically since the transition to anti-doping Switzerland. During and after the competitions, the controls multiplied. Matthias Sempach, the king of the fight in 2013, says that a winner of the series will certainly be tested half a dozen times each season. He himself, recently wounded for a long time, has been visited twice by unannounced inspectors this year.
Swingers do not have to specify day after day where they are located but to report workout locations and longer stays abroad. At festivals, not only the best athletes take samples, but also vibrations, who retire after four out of six courses.
When was the grave verified?
On April 17, 2018, five days before Grabs' last victory in the "Canton of Zug". On June 26, 2018, Antidoping Switzerland informed athletes of the outcome of the A-Probe. What forbidden substance is this? Traces of tamoxifen were found in the sample. It is an active ingredient in the group of anti-estrogens used for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. Since 2005, the substance is on the list of the World Anti-Doping Agency, "because tamoxifen prolongs the action of anabolic steroids or testosterone in the body," says the expert in doping Matthias Kamber
"I am upset.Swinging is my life.I have always worked for a fair and clean sport.At my career, I have tested a lot for doping – and still negative, therefore, I can not explain this sample A positive.I am convinced that I am clean today.I assure you that you have never consciously and voluntarily taken prohibited substances, directly or indirectly. "
Grave resigned. What consequences does he have to wait for?
The presumption of innocence applies until the opening of the B sample requested by Grave. When the sample B, according to Kamber at 99.9 percent confirm the result of the sample A. If this is the case and Grave can not conclusively explain the positive results, it would probably be blocked for four years. Because of the previous resignation, it would be a penalty without effect. A bus should not exist. He would certainly have been deprived of the victory over the "canton of Zug" and the crown at the cantonal festival of Schwyz. Not to mention the damage of the image.
Is this the first case of doping in swing sports?
No, about the sixth. In 2001, Beat Abderhalden, brother of triple joker King Jörg Abderhalden, was caught with too much testosterone (18 months lock). The Bernese Thomas Wittwer remained in 2005 with anabolic steroids in a hang control (two years lock). Stefan Marti was proven in 2012 the drug modafinil, that he must take because of his sleeping sickness. Since he had not received a medical certificate, he had to suspend for six months.
Peter Bänziger, a native of St. Gallen, was locked up in 2013, two years after the Customs Inspectorate sent him a broadcasting ban. Had intercepted substances. Shortly after, Bruno Gisler was tested positive for nimethamide (stimulates the respiratory and circulatory system). The crown at "Swiss" in 2013 was denied, the Solothurn was locked up for only six months. Gisler took the explanation of an imaginative Schlungg: He had used the nausea of his pregnant wife. Only: in this the prohibited substance was not contained. (Berner Zeitung)
created: 13.07.2018, 10:07
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