"Doping Top Secret: In the Slipstream" - "Medico Tehna": Slovenian company again under doping spotlight

Дата публикации: 21-06-2025 03:00:12

In the 2010s, a medical technology company in Ljubljana was a point of contact for Mark S., the Erfurt blood doping doctor. The ARD documentary "In the Slipstream" shows: "Medico Tehna" is still open to dubious business today.

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In the end, everything happened very quickly. The management of the Slovenian medical technology company Medico Tehna had asked for some time to think about it in the consultations about the alleged purchase of the "Multi Component Collection System", after all, they had "a few problems", said the company manager - with "athletes" who had used the device for "illegal doping".

One is therefore "rather hesitant" with a sale, because such devices are "actually intended for medical treatments". In the end, the Slovenians apparently cast aside all scruples. The lure of money – the machine, which in theory could be the heart of a blood doping ring in sports, costs up to 50,000 euros including accessories – was apparently too strong.

Delivery "in two to three weeks"

The promise to sell and deliver the device to interested parties from Germany was made a few days later by telephone. Behind the alleged buyers, who had introduced themselves as sports managers with contacts in the cycling scene, was the ARD doping editorial team. During the course of the consultations, which also took place at the company's headquarters in Ljubljana, the journalists had clearly expressed the illegal purpose of the machine.

And the last phone call, in which the supposed deal was concluded, lasted only a few minutes. The manager said shortly before the completion of the film that the machine could possibly be "delivered in two to three weeks".

Even the renewed emphasis that fast delivery was of great importance because of the planned use of the machine at upcoming sporting events left the employee with no more scruples: "Okay, no problem, thank you!" Apparently, it is still easy to get hold of medical equipment that can also be misused for illegal blood doping.

Tipping "only if you are alone"

Medico Tehna had already come under pressure in the course of "Operation Aderlass" because it served as a contact point for the Erfurt blood doping mastermind Mark S. Among other things, the company was also mentioned in the chats between Mark S. and two accomplices, which had been leaked to the ARD doping editorial team during research for the film "In the Slipstream".

Even tip payments in Ljubljana were conspiratorial. "Mark, do I have to tip at Medico Tehna? If so, how much?" one of the accomplices wrote to Mark S. The doctor replied that he should give the contact person a hundred euros, "but really only if you are alone and no one sees it".

No response to request

In the course of the bloodletting trials, an employee of the company had been convicted of aiding and abetting: On February 10, 2022, Gregor A. was sentenced to a suspended sentence of one year and nine months by the Sonthofen District Court as Mark S.'s helper for "prohibited use of doping methods in sports". The current management of Medico Tehna left an inquiry from the ARD doping editorial team on the latest facts unanswered. It is unclear whether the company in Slovenia will now face consequences.

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