Former Olympic Cyclist Johann Lienhart Banned for Providing Son with PEDs
Jul 28, 2020
Cyclists compete during a road cycling test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Sunday, July 21, 2019, in Yamanashi Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Former cyclist Johann Lienhart has been banned for 10 years after providing his son, Florian Lienhart, with illegal performance-enhancing substances, according to the Associated Press (via USA Today).
Florian was a professional triathlete who was a two-time Austrian national champion before being caught for doping in 2019. He was officially banned for four years in February.
The Austrian Anti-Doping Legal Committee has since determined Johann not only supplied him with illegal drugs that include EPO, genotropin and testosterone, but the 60-year-old also "encouraged, instructed and supported" his son to cheat.
Johann was a cycling star in his prime, competing at the Summer Olympics in 1980, 1984 and 1988.
