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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)
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Former Olympic Cyclist Johann Lienhart Banned for Providing Son with PEDs

Rob GoldbergJul 28, 2020

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. 

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