Germany Coach Joachim Low Obligated to Speak out After Bundesliga Doping Probe

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Published: March 5, 2015

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On Monday, Joachim Low was implicated in a scandal that could take a heavy toll on the reputation of German football. A report released by a commission to investigate doping in the Bundesliga (h/t Deutsche Welle) revealed that Freiburg and Stuttgart, both clubs for which the current Germany coach played during his career as a footballer, used anabolic steroids in the 1970s and 1980s.

Before publishing their report, researchers conducted a probe of the files of Dr. Armin Klumper, the disgraced ex-sports medicine department head at the University of Freiburg. The doctor had been found guilty of fraud and was fined in 1989, and now he could face far greater sanctions.

The 79-year-old Klumper, who was found to have administered a cocktail of drugs (including steroids) to Olympic heptathlete Birgit Dressel between 1981 and her death in 1987 at the age of just 26, has been suspiciously silent ever since the report's release.

According to Bild (in German) the doctor was well-regarded among Bundesliga footballers, and when in tax trouble in 1989, he even managed to raise support in the amount of €250,000 from Bayern Munich greats Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Paul Breitner and Dieter Hoeness (the latter of whom had played for Stuttgart from 1975 to 1979).



In the same Bild report (h/t Marca), Low denied ever taking steroids, adding: "Doping has no place in sport. I condemn it completely. I did as a player, and I still do as national coach."

Until recently, the Bundesliga had a nearly pristine image with regard to doping. Toni Schumacher had accused several German footballers of substance abuse in his 1987 autobiography, Anpfiff (kick-off), but there had been little to speak of aside from his vague accounts.

Yet as Deutsche Welle sports editor Joscha Weber recently asserted, no-one should be surprised by doping allegations.

He cited Scumaker's allegations of use of the stimulant Cap...
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