Nobody suspected anything: Florian (l.) And Hans Lienhart pose together in June 2018. The young triathlete and his father later flew up as a doper.
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He won the bronze medal at the end of the 1980s with the Austrian four-wheel racer – now Hans Lienhart (60) has fallen deeply: the former Austrian professional cyclist helped his son Florian (25), who was active as a triathlete, with doping !
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Specifically, Lienhart, as his son’s caregiver, is said to have owned and passed on the banned substances EPO and Genotropin and testosterone gel between December 2018 and March 2019. This was determined by the investigators in the course of the revision of Operation Aderlass, which began in winter 2019 with a raid on the Nordic World Cup in Seefeld, Austria.
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In addition, Lienhart senior is said to have “encouraged, guided and supported his son in cheating,” as the Austrian agency APA reports.
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The consequence: Father Lienhart, who is a triple Olympic participant, is suspended for ten years. Son Florian was withdrawn from the market last year after a positive doping test. Both testified in the trial against the former Austrian cross-country trainer Walter Mayer (63), who was sentenced to 15 months in prison by the Innsbruck Regional Court at the beginning of July for doping offenses and serious fraud. (eg)