Sports court acquitted speed skater Lehmann

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Robert Lehmann-Dolle at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi: Successful in going through the courts

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The former speed skater Robert Lehmann-Dolle has been acquitted of all doping allegations before the international sports court Cas.

His sports law attorney Rainer Cherkeh announced on Monday that the appeal of the National Anti-Doping Agency Nada against the decision of the German Sports Arbitration Court with the CAS arbitration award had been rejected.

For Lehmann-Dolle it is the end of a legal endurance run through the courts.

"Of course I'm happy with this decision, which I've been waiting for since the trial in June," said Lehmann-Dolle.

The three-time Olympic participant was burdened by the Erfurt doctor Mark S. in the course of the "Aderlass operation".

The doctor was sentenced to four years and ten months imprisonment by the Regional Court of Munich II on January 15 for sports fraud and dangerous bodily harm, combined with a three-year professional ban and a fine of 158,000 euros.

Lehmann-Dolle, on the other hand, had been acquitted of the charge of autologous doping by the German Sports Arbitration Court because the Nada could not provide sufficient evidence from the point of view of the Sports Arbitration Court.

The Nada wanted to have this decision checked by the Cas - and now pocketed the next defeat.

Lehmann-Dolle, born in Erfurt, competed three times for Germany at the Olympics, in 2006, 2010 and 2014. After finishing 27th in Sochi, he ended his career and began a career as a youth coach.

He was released from this position in the wake of the allegations.

In the summer, the 37-year-old Lehmann-Dolle also won his labor court case against the Olympic training center in Berlin.

luk / dpa