A doping allegation has been hanging over Mathias Flückiger for two years. His provisional ban was lifted. The result was not positive, but merely atypical. The amount found was so small that it had no performance-enhancing effect. Nevertheless, the proceedings continued. For his part, Flückiger made serious accusations against Swiss Sports Integrity, which rides doping proceedings against Swiss athletes. The disciplinary chamber has now closed the doping proceedings against Mathias Flückiger. The sample and the result are not usable. It is therefore as if there was no sample from him with a conspicuous result. 

The details of the reasoning are not yet available, as it was not the Disciplinary Chamber that made the news public today. Rather, it was Swiss Sport Integrity (SSI), the responsible and accused doping authority, which sought to go on the offensive and is likely to be criticized as a result of the report. In a statement, it described the decision as "incomprehensible and wrong". 

"We are firmly convinced that the integrity of this sample was not violated. It arrived at the laboratory in above-average condition. At the moment, we really can't think of any reason why it was judged that way," SSI Director Ernst König told the media. However, the SSI does not know exactly what led to the disciplinary chamber's decision or what was criticized. Nevertheless, it is already launching a communicative counter-attack, but then immediately backtracks: they now want to wait for the written reasons for the verdict and decide after a thorough analysis whether the verdict should be referred to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Flückiger himself is not yet commenting on this and wants to concentrate exclusively on the World Cup race in Nove Mesto these days. There is also not much to say until the disciplinary chamber has given its reasons.