{"id":132844,"date":"2016-01-06T14:21:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T12:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=132844"},"modified":"2016-01-06T14:21:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T12:21:29","slug":"german-cyclists-now-face-jail-time-for-doping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/01\/06\/german-cyclists-now-face-jail-time-for-doping\/","title":{"rendered":"German Cyclists Now Face Jail Time For Doping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A new law came into effect in Germany on Friday and in reality it means that cyclists are now facing serious jail time for doping. Every athlete who is caught using performance-enhancing drugs could spend up to three years in prison.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Those who provide the substances are facing up to TEN years in jail. And that includes even the coaches and doctors!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The law was overdue, important penal provisions now come into effect. I am convinced that we can tackle doping in sport and the criminal structures behind it more effectively with this anti-doping law. It is a clear commitment of Germany for clean and fair sport,&#8221; said Germany\u2019s Interior Minister Heiko Mass.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/84858585.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-132845\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/84858585.png\" alt=\"Lance Armstrong\" width=\"477\" height=\"589\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new law structure follows the recent scandals involving Russian athletes and the International Association of Athletics Federations. Similar laws have already been passed in Italy, Spain and France. Japanese government is also putting together its\u00a0own version of anti-doping law as Japan prepares for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Should athletes really go to jail for doping?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new law came into effect in Germany on Friday and in reality it means that cyclists are now facing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":132849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329,334],"tags":[],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-132844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","category-socialising-and-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>German Cyclists Now Face Jail Time For Doping - \u0160koda We Love Cycling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new law came into effect in Germany on Friday and in reality it means that cyclists are now facing serious jail time for doping.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/01\/06\/german-cyclists-now-face-jail-time-for-doping\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"German Cyclists Now Face Jail Time For Doping\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new law came into effect in Germany on Friday and in reality it means that cyclists are now facing serious jail time for doping.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/01\/06\/german-cyclists-now-face-jail-time-for-doping\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u0160koda We Love Cycling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-01-06T12:21:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/FotorCreated-4.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"525\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Martin Mrazek\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/01\/06\/german-cyclists-now-face-jail-time-for-doping\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/01\/06\/german-cyclists-now-face-jail-time-for-doping\/\",\"name\":\"German Cyclists Now Face Jail Time For Doping - 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