Handball doping suspected case Portner: The B sample is about to be opened
The B sample of Swiss national goalkeeper Nikola Portner will open on Thursday. photo
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Almost three weeks ago, the positive A sample from Magdeburg’s handball goalkeeper Portner became known. The B sample will be opened this week.
A decision is looming in the suspected doping case involving Swiss handball national goalkeeper Nikola Portner.
According to dpa information, the B sample will be opened in the laboratory in Kreischa, Saxony, on Thursday. The result will determine the further course of the procedure. “Handball World” first reported on it. Portner denies knowingly taking doping substances.
On April 10th, a positive A sample from a competition test for the 30-year-old from SC Magdeburg became known. Methamphetamines were detected there. If the B sample does not confirm the result, the case is closed and the currently suspended Portner is immediately eligible to play again.
DHB takes over if the B sample is positive
However, if the B sample confirms the first result, disciplinary proceedings begin. While the Handball Bundesliga (HBL) was previously responsible, further action will then be the responsibility of the Anti-Doping Commission of the German Handball Federation (DHB). This will determine the punishment. Both Portner and the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) then have the opportunity to appeal to an arbitration tribunal that will then be set up if one of the two parties does not find the sentence sufficient.
When the B sample is opened, Nada, Portner’s lawyer Rainer Tarek Cherkeh and probably an HBL representative will be present. Cherkeh had previously claimed in the case that, based on current knowledge, “the measured concentration level is a fraction of a typical intake of this substance.” The level of concentration is also likely to affect the sentence.
The public prosecutor’s office has already stopped its investigation. No prohibited substances were found during a search of Portner’s home. The investigators subsequently assumed that there was no evidence of violations of the Anti-Doping Act or the Narcotics Act. The club rooms of the German cup winners SCM were not affected by the searches.
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