Olympic skier caught with needle in arm in crazy doping bust

Olympic skier caught with needle in arm in crazy doping bust

This is the shocking moment police burst in on a top skier in the middle of a blood transfusion.

Austrian Max Hauke, who is also a police cadet, was one of five skiers arrested in anti-doping raids at the Nordic skiing world championships in Seefield, Austria, on Wednesday.

Incredible footage released by Austrian publication Vorarlberg Online shows the shamed star caught in the act with a needle in his arm before a race. When asked whether anyone else is at home, an embarrassed Hauke, 26, shakes his head.

He admitted to blood doping and cooperated with police in the investigation, a statement confirmed. Austrian media claim Hauke and fellow doping countryman Dominik Baldauf are also qualified police cadets.

Hauke, who competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, was a training partner of Brit Andrew Young.

Young, 27, has branded Hauke “disgusting” and called for a lifetime ban.

“I am getting nauseous. It is disgusting to look at,” Young said. “There is no room for it in sports and I did not realize that he was doing it. It is difficult to describe what you feel after seeing a friend cheating.”


“I don’t hate him, but at the same time I don’t want him back in the cross-country circuit. You can’t come back after you’ve done that.”

Trond Nystad, a coach in the Austrian skiing setup, was also sickened by the video.

“It hurts my stomach. It hurts my whole body when I see something like that. It’s awful. It is difficult to describe with words. It’s disgusting,” Nystad said.

Two Estonian and one Kazakhstani athlete were also arrested in the doping raid, which aimed to take down a Germany-based “criminal operation” suspected of having carried out blood doping for years.

A 40-year-old sports doctor believed to be the mastermind behind the organization was also arrested, police confirmed.