Datei: Dopingprozess gegen Dr. Mark S (31).JPG

Auflösung: 3312 x 2320

Titel: Doping trial against Mark S. in Munich

+++ ATTN EDITORS: DEFENDANT'S FACE PIXELIZED DUE TO COURT ORDER +++ Defendant Mark S. (C) stands between his lawyers Juri Goldstein (2-L) and Alexander Dann (2-R) and prior to the trial on allegations of organized doping practices in a courtroom in Munich, Germany, 16 September 2020. The Erfurt-based German physician has supposedly provided illegal performance enhancing blood transfusions as a well-organized service to some 21 athletes from various disciplines, several of whom have confessed. His practice was uncovered during the multinational Investigation ‚Operation Aderlass‘ (Operation Bloodletting) after doping admissions by an Austrian cross-country skier in February 2019.

Fotograf: PHILIPP GUELLAND / POOL

Aufnahmedatum: 20200916

Aufnahmezeit: 090643+0200

Ort: MUNICH

Land: Germany

20200916 Hauptverhandlung gegen Dr. Mark Schmidt und andere wegen Verdachts auf verbotenes autologes Blutdoping

© PHILIPP GUELLAND

Credit: EPA-EFE