The B-sample of ex-light athlete and new bobslebar Simon Wulff has confirmed the A-sample. Wulff completely finances the search for the source of the forbidden by means.
In the doping case of the BOB slicher Simon Wulff, the stimulant methylhexanamine, banned in competitions, has also been demonstrated in the B trial. This was confirmed by Wulff’s lawyer Thomas Summerer of the Sächsische Zeitung (Tuesday edition, March 18, 2025).
“It is still inexplicable to us”
“It is still inexplicable to us what the source of contamination could be”said Summerer. The substance often occurs in nutritional supplements that are used for extreme fat loss or muscle building. At the 24-year-old swear of record world champion Francesco Friedrich, the substance, which is allowed in training, was demonstrated in a competition test from the World Cup opening on December 7th in Altenberg. As a precaution, the BOB and SCHLOTENBEIGE for Germany (BSD) had released Wulff from the sports company.
Wulff itself pays costs for investigation
At the World Cup in Lake Placid, Friedrich won gold in two and four without Wulff. “We are therefore currently analyzing some nutritional supplements that my client has taken in order to track down relieving circumstances “said Summerer. According to the lawyer, Wulff has to bear the costs for this, the World Association IBSF, which Wulff had not temporarily blocked Wulff.
Whether Wulff can be at the Olympic Games in the coming year depends heavily on the success of these analyzes. “I got to know Simon as a very integrated person and I wish him from the heart that he and his supporters succeed in finding the contamination source”, said BSD boss Thomas Schwab. “This is the only way he would have a chance to be there with the Francesco Friedrich team at Olympia in Cortina.“
Nada has been warning since 2010
The result management lies with the international agency ITA, which also had the samples analyzed. The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has been warning of methylhexanamine on its website since 2010. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the biathlete Evi Diesbacher stand was positively tested for the remedy and closed for two years, the international sports court CAS shortened the lock later to six months. Dietbacher stand had explained the positive test by taking a contaminated tea powder.