A stimulant banned in competitions has been detected in German bobsleigh pusher Simon Wulff. The international testing agency ITA announced that the substance in question is methylhexanamine. It is contained in so-called slimming products and dietary supplements and is now one of the most frequently found stimulants in doping samples.
In accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and the anti-doping rules of the International Bobsleigh Federation IBSF, no provisional ban was imposed on the athlete, who is allowed to continue competing while proceedings are ongoing. The German federation BSD nevertheless released the pusher of Olympic bobsleigh champion Francesco Friedrich as a precautionary measure in order to rule out possible sanctions against the team in retrospect. Friedrich will therefore compete in the two-man bobsleigh World Cup in St. Moritz this weekend with Alexander Schüller.
