Nada kept names secret
German canoe world champion closed for doping
Updated on May 26, 2025 – 07:35 a.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.”
According to the ARD, a German world and European champion in the canoe is one of the blocked ones. Martin Hiller was therefore tested positively – and closed in February this year for four years. The NADA had conducted the procedure itself – without involving an international authority. In two samples, three anabolic active ingredients were detected in the canoeists.
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.