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Claudia Pechstein suspended 2 years for doping...   Message List  
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[Skate] Re: Claudia Pechstein suspended 2 years for doping...

--- In Speed_skating@yahoogroups.com, Irene Postma <speedskating@...> wrote:
>
> What I recall:
>
> That evening I saw her mother in the hall of the hotel, who told me that
> Claudia had a fever and that it looked like she was not going to start the
> next day.
>

> So EITHER Pechstein AND some medical person and possibly coach are guilty
> Or the blood problem was caused by her having a flu.
>

>
> Irene P.
>



Claudia now states herself on her own website that her withdrawal from the
second day of the WCh was NOT due to illness.


http://www.claudiapechstein.de/index2.shtml



Claudia, hast Du Dir wirklich nichts vorzuwerfen? Diese Frage muss ich mir
natürlich jetzt häufig stellen lassen. Und ja, ich habe mir tatsächlich etwas
vorzuwerfen. Und zwar, dass ich mich auf den „Kuhhandel" der ISU eingelassen
habe, der mir zur Halbzeit der Mehrkampf-WM in Hamar unterbreitet wurde. „Wenn
Du dich krank meldest, dann werden wir die Öffentlichkeit nicht informieren. Und
die ganze Angelegenheit kann in aller Ruhe geklärt werden" wurde mir
vorgeschlagen, als mir in der Nacht zum 8. Februar 2009 die Nachricht der
gemessenen erhöhten Retikulozytenwerte überbracht wurde. Meine Angst, öffentlich
des Dopings beschuldigt zu werden und die Hoffnung, die Angelegenheit ohne
Aufsehen klären zu können, waren stärker als mein Verlangen es heraus zu
schreien, unschuldig des Dopings bezichtigt zu werden. Heute weiß ich, dass dies
ein Fehler war. Ein Fehler vor allem deshalb, weil ich die Öffentlichkeit und
meine Fans belogen habe. Dafür möchte ich mich entschuldigen. Erst musste eine
angebliche Erkältung herhalten, um mein Fehlen bei der WM zu entschuldigen.
Anschließend waren ein hartnäckiger Virus und zu guter Letzt der daraus
angeblich resultierende Trainingsrückstand die Ausreden für das Auslassen der
restlichen Saisonwettkämpfe. Das alles hat weh getan. Nicht nur mir, sondern
auch den anderen, die Bescheid wussten und gegenüber der Presse immer wieder auf
eine unserer Ausflüchte zurückgriffen. Für uns alle waren es Notlügen, verbunden
mit der Hoffnung, vor einem objektiven ISU-Gericht, die öffentliche,
unbegründete Dopingdiskussion abwenden zu können. Und wie heißt es so schön: Die
Hoffnung stirbt zu letzt. Jetzt ist sie tatsächlich gestorben und mit ihr mein
guter Ruf. Beides hat mir die ISU genommen. Meine Ehre können sie mir allerdings
nicht stehlen.



Meaning:


Claudia, is there really nothing that you are to be blamed for? Of course I
ask myself this question quite often. And yes, I really do have something to
blame myself for - the fact that I agreed on a "horse trade" with ISU, presented
to me after the first day of the Hamar allround world championships: "If you
report to be ill, we won't inform the public. And the whole thing can be cleared
up in silence." This was suggested to me as I was brought the news the night
before February 8th concerning the high reticulocytes value measured. My fear of
being accused of doping in public and the hope of having this affair solved
without making any sensation out of it were stronger than my urge to scream out
my innocence as to the doping accusations. Now I know I made a mistake. A
mistake most of all because I have lied in public and to my fans. For this I
want to beg for forgivness. First allegedly having caught a cold had to serve as
an excuse for my absence from the WCh. Then there was a heavy virus infection,
and, as a consequence of this, an alleged setback as to training was meant to
explain why I skipped the rest of the season's events. It has all been painful.
Not only for me, but also for the others who knew better and towards the press
repeatedly stuck to one of our excuses. For all of us these were white lies,
linked to the hope that we would have the opportunity to strike back against the
public, unfounded doping discussions in an objective ISU court. And as it says
so beautifully: Hope will die in the end. Now it has indeed died, and with it my
good reputation. Both taken away from me by ISU. They can't steal my honour,
though.




Sveinung Hem




Sat Jul 4, 2009 3:53 pm

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