Hauke was one 5 athletes arrested within the anti-doping raid.
A surprising video got here out on Wednesday former Olympic cross-country skier Max Hauke being caught red-handed as he acquired a blood transfusion as half an try and dope for the Nordic snowboarding world championships in Seefeld, Austria. Hauke, who is definitely a police cadet, was raided by police and the entire thing was caught on digicam. You possibly can clearly see the skier with a needle in his arm and tubes going far and wide. In line with the New York Post, he was receiving a remedy that elevated his pink blood cell rely via a process that eliminated his blood, doped it up, after which transfused it again in his physique.
Hauke is coaching companions with Andrew Younger Britain, who mentioned he was upset with Hauke and what he noticed.
“I get nauseous. It’s disgusting to have a look at,” Younger mentioned. “There isn’t any room for it in sports activities and I didn’t notice that he was doing it. It’s troublesome to explain what you are feeling after seeing a good friend dishonest. I don’t hate him, however on the similar time, I don’t need him again within the cross-country circuit. You possibly can’t come again after you’ve achieved that.”
Hauke reportedly admitted to doping and has been cooperating with the police investigation. It’s believed that the sting was an element a bigger German-based “felony operation” that has allegedly been within the doping enterprise for fairly a while now.