Kapitel: Christian Hoffmann, Larissa Jewgenjewna Lasutina, Kornelia Marek, Irina Wiktorowna Chasowa, Johann Muhlegg, Martin Tauber, Ljubow Iwanowna Jegorowa, Roland Diethart, Alois Blassnig, Eero Mantyranta, Sergei Jurjewitsch Schirjajew, Mika Myllyla, Jurgen Pinter. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Johann Muhlegg (born 8 November 1970 in Ostallgau, Germany) is a Spanish top level cross-country skier who has competed in international competitions first representing Germany and then Spain, after becoming a Spanish citizen in 1999. He was excluded and disqualified from the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City for doping. Muhlegg participated for Germany in the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics, even though he began having trouble with the Germany's ski federation in 1993. From the beginning, Muhlegg singled himself out, at one point accusing German head coach Georg Zipfel for "damaging him spiritually" (the so-called Spiritistenaffare). He was thrown out of the team in 1995, but was re-instated later. But from that moment on, the ever eccentric Muhlegg insisted on taking a flask of holy water at him at all times, and trusting only his Portuguese cleaning woman/chaperon Justina Agostino. In the end, Muhlegg was branded as a team cancer and was thrown out. After being ejected from the national team after the 1998 Nagano Games, his good relations with members of the Spanish cross-country skiing team, in particular Juan Jesus Gutierrez and Haritz Zunzunegui, opened the door for Muhlegg to obtain a Spanish citizenship. In late 1999, competing for Spain, he won a World Cup race for the first time. At the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he won two medals with a silver in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit (stepping up when the original medalist Jari Isometsa was disqualified for hemohes use), and a gold in the 50 km freestyle race. In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Muhlegg won gold medals in t...http: //booksllc.net/?l=