Canoe sensation: world champion Hiller because of doping closed for four years!

Canoe sensation: world champion Hiller because of doping closed for four years!

The German Canute Martin Hiller was closed for his doping offense for for four years . This decision was made on 10. February 2025 and follows positive doping tests that identified three different anabolic steroids. Hiller, who won bronze at the World Cup in 2024 and started for KC Potsdam, was tested positively during a doping control outside of the competition in October 2024. Another test in November confirmed the violations. Hiller has not been found in the national team's squad since the beginning of the new season, and the case was initially not made public.

The positive findings include methandrostenolon , methandienon and Ostarin , which belong to the classes 1.1 and 1.2 of the banning list of the world of anti-doping agency (WADA). The national anti-doping agency Germany ( Nada ) has also filed a complaint about suspicion of the anti-doping law. The results led to the disclosure of all medals, points and prices, the Hiller between the 17. October 2024 and 4. December 2024 achieved.

authorities and associations react

The Potsdam public prosecutor has already started an investigation and requested a criminal order against Hiller for violating the anti-Doping Act. rbb24 reports that the first mentioned athlete from a group of up to 130 anonyms Doping case is that have been found by the NADA since March 2020. The sports director of the German Canoe Association (DKV), Jens Kahl, confirmed the case and expressed the expectation that the NADA will provide more information about the doping cases.

The German Olympic Sports Association ( dosb ) pursues a zero-tolerance policy against doping and emphasizes that the integrity of the sports must be protected without restrictions. Doping control is a central part of sports culture, according to the DOSB. Since the foundation of the NADA in 2002, this association has been committed to combating doping as one of its main goals.

outlook for the future

The Nada plans to publish the case in an anonymized report in the summer of 2025 to create transparency. There are further steps at the door at the moment, since the investigation by the public prosecutor and the internal precautions of the DKV will continue. Hiller accepted the punishment and did not appeal, which indicates that he is facing the consequences of his actions.