More than a dozen sports affected
Up to 130 German doping cases remain secret
25.05.2025 – 9:28 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The number of internationally known doping cases is low for some observers. Apparently this also has to do with communication.
In recent years, the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) has apparently dispensed with a central pillar of its work: the public mention of convicted doping sons. According to the ARD doping editorial team, around 90 percent of the corresponding cases have not been made public since 2020.
According to the calculations of the sports show, the number of athletes concerned is around 70 to 130. There are reasons. NADA board member Lars Mortt’s deeper told the ARD: “In anti-doping work, NADA is in an important area for transparency, for traceability and valid decisions. However, this is now biting with the applicable law in data protection.”
Specifically, this means that names and substances are rarely mentioned publicly. Instead, violations appear in anonymous form in the agency’s annual report. According to NADA, according to NADA, a systematic publication of arbitration sayings and decisions on your own website has no longer been made.
According to its own statements, the agency has not systematically published 99 cases since the changeover – in 23 cases, comment was carried out afterwards. According to media reports, this usually only happens when you are specifically asked about known athletes.
According to ARD, at least 18 Olympic sports are affected. How well known or successful the convicted athletes are remains open.
Some athletes clearly criticize the new practice of NADA. The modern pent -wise Patrick Dogue demanded: “If you are positive, you are positive, and in the end the sporting career has nothing to do to what extent this should be disclosed. The name should be mentioned, the substances should be mentioned.”
According to NADA, all responsible bodies will continue to be “informed promptly and comprehensively”. Deutsche Sporthilfe also counts so that it can stop or reclaim any funding.