Olympics 2002, Salt lake city - Men's 30 km (1 of 4)

Slakten i Soldier Hollow beskrev Jonas Karlsson det som. Och det är väl bara att instämma.

Den vidriga Mühlegg's lopp är bland det sjukaste man har sett och knäckte Per Elofsson.

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[ojmuller66]

This footage makes me sick.. johann mühlegg ruined elofsson's career

[lfcscsb]

Per Elofsson var en fantastisk løper. Skikkelig synd at han ikke fikk fullbyrdet hele sitt potensialet når det kommer til medaljesanking, men han er absolutt en av de aller beste løperne i nyere tid. Anbefaler alle å se intervjuet hans fra mesternes mester fra svt(?). Ligger på youtube det også.

[firepowerjohan]

@Tom87O

One can blame Muhlegg or Pers diet. Tragicly scientist hoax still make people believe that eating fat makes you fat and so a lot of athletes (like Per) still thinks that eating extremely low amounts of fat makes you more competetive. Low fat diet makes you easier burn out. Per increases his training dosage even further after losing to Muhlegg so yes Muhless and the diet was the reasons for his sudden decline.

[davd1986]

@firepowerjohan Yeah, from what I have read and heard, it seems like the Germans were/are doping. They were working very close to a couple of big Laboratories/Institues in Freiburg and Vienna, the same ones used by the Telekom Cycling Team (Freiburg) and in Vienna, they worked with one of the doctors that also worked with Hoffman of Austria, Bernhard Kohl (famous Austrian cyclist) and several others. The Italians of the 80s and 90's were also rumored to have used EPO (Di Centa)

[firepowerjohan]

@daggalaggabagga

Elofsson was a freak of training, like Gunde Svan and Bjorn Dahlie. After losing to Muhlegg he increased his training dosage even further. He became sick. IMO perhaps his diet is to blame as well. There is a controversy about diets these days and some athletes wrongly belive that eating very low fat diet is good but it can burn you out as well. Markus Hellner for example told the press he does not believe in the Gunde Svan diet with tons and tons of carbs.

[firepowerjohan]

@davd1986

Muhlegg was one of the better racers but all his dominant victories were based on doping. Who says he did not use doping earlier in his career as well, we will never know.

Veerpalu I think was busted for doping just before he retired which is no suprise at all.

[davd1986]

@firepowerjohan Muhlegg wasn't a no name skier. He was a World Junior Champion, had many good, consistent results throughtout his career (before 2000-2002). He wasn't winning Olympic medals, but he was there or thereabouts. Somebody like Veerpalu and Mae fit your bill perfectly.

[russiaNumber2]

@Tom87O A lot of what blood doping is has to do with when it was administered. If he was just increasing his red blood cell count then he could have done it just before his olympic races and thus he would have crushed all competition. I doubt it was HGH or something like that, they tested for common things in 2002.

[daggalaggabagga]

@ojmuller66 I know its over 2 years ago, but the Biathlete Ole Einar Bjorendalen followed him aswell, and his career did not go to hell.

[Tom87O]

How come Elofson won Gold in 2003 if this raced ruined him?

[Tom87O]

@SirViktor84

That's so stupid it's not even funny. Elofson one gold in 2003 by the way.

[Tom87O]

@ojmuller66 What a load of Bullshit!

If Eleofson was so clean and Mühlegg so much doped. How come Elofson could win two golds in Lahti against Mühlegg in 2001? Mühlegg domianted the 50km in Lahti just like the 30km in 2002. So according to your logics he must ahve been highly drugged in 2001 too. So how did Elofson mange too beat him while being clean? Wake up people, nobody was winning annything in Cross Country Skiing without blood doping. Not Mühlegg, not Eloffson.