BERLIN (AP) A cyclist who received UV blood treatment has been cleared of doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport because the procedures took place before being banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency on Jan. 1, 2011.
CAS ruled that such treatments, where an athlete's blood is treatedwith ultraviolet light and then re-injected, did not constitute doping at the time if it did not lead to increased oxygen levels, which wasn't proven in the case, Germany's national anti-doping agency said Monday.
The unnamed cyclist, who received the treatment from Dr. Andreas Franke at a training center run by the German Olympic Sports Confederation in Erfurt, was cleared of wrongdoing by Germany's sports arbitration court last November.
NADA then brought the case to CAS for clarification.
"Now we have a lot more than an individual decision. There is now a clear view of things," NADA board member Lars Mortsiefer told the dpa news agency.
The German anti-doping agency said on its website it was considering whether to proceed with more cases against athletes treated by Franke.
Public broadcaster ARD previously said it had a list of 28 athletes implicated in the scandal, including German cyclist Marcel Kittel, former Olympic speedskating champion Claudia Pechstein, former 800-meter Olympic champion Nils Schumann, and Jamaican long jumper James Beckford.
NADA brought two cases before the German sports arbitration court, where both cyclist Jakob Steigmiller and speedskater Judith Hesse were cleared of wrongdoing.
