A three-time Olympian and former Austrian national road
race champion, Johann Lienhart, has received a 10-year anti doping ban for
helping his son to dope including supplying him with doping products.
Lienhart (60) competed in the Olympic Games as part of
the Austria cycling team in 1980, 1984 and 1988. He also took a bronze medal in
the team TT at the World Road Championships in 1987.
He has been banned after being found guilty of providing
his son, triathlete Florian Lienhart, with EPO, genotropine and testosterone
between December, 2018, and March, 2019.
The Austrian Anti-Doping Legal Committee said Lienhart
had been banned for “encouraging, guiding and assisting his son in the
commission of anti-doping rule violations”.
Florian Lienhart, who has won the Austrian triathlon
title twice, tested positive for EPO at the Austria cross-triathlon championships.
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That test was returned in May of last year and he also
tested positive again at another triathlon in Austria the following month.
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The 25-year-old was competing with a German triathlon team at the time and it has been reported in Germany that he was implicated in Operation Aderlass.
The blood doping investigation based in Austria and German led to the discovery of blood bags during raids early last year.
It is examining the activities of Dr
Mark Schmidt, who is based in Germany and previously worked as a doctor with
the Gerolsteiner and Milram pro cycling teams.
Investigators have been investigating his role in helping athletes
from across several sports, including cycling and skiing, to blood dope.
Florian Lienhart was provisionally suspended last year
before a four-year ban was imposed on him in February. His father’s 10-year ban
runs until the end of June 2030.
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