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Doping trial: Erfurt physician Schmidt convicted

2021-01-15T10:25:48.649Z


It was the largest doping trial in Germany for 20 years. Erfurt doctor Mark Schmidt has been sentenced to four years and ten months in prison. In 2019 he was blown during a raid during the Nordic World Ski Championships.


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Mark Schmidt (2nd from left) at the start of the process in September 2020

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The doctor Mark Schmidt has been sentenced to four years and ten months' imprisonment and a three-year professional ban for doping.

In the first major criminal case in Germany since the introduction of the Anti-Doping Act in 2015, the Munich Regional Court also found the four helpers of the Erfurt doctor guilty.

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