Claudia Pechstein, Germany’s most decorated winter Olympian with five gold medals, is continuing her battle against a doping ban. #HappyBirthday to
Claudia Pechstein, Germany’s most decorated winter Olympian with five gold medals, is continuing her battle against a doping ban.
#HappyBirthday to German speed skater Claudia Pechstein!
She has won 5 Olympic gold medals
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The speed skater was banned for doping by the International Skating Union in 2009.
Pechstein has long protested her innocence and in January a German court overturned the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which upheld the ISU verdict.
Claudia Pechstein: trade unions vouch for the fight of the Olympic champion http://t.co/dob3ll4yIL pic.twitter.com/OUZ6aJ2AWr
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The decision allows the skater to challenge the doping ban and sue the ISU for €4.4m in loss of earnings.
The case is being heard at Germany’s Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe.