Overview
- The National Anti Doping Agency flagged three missed whereabouts reports for Laura Freigang and formally handed the case to the DFB in early June, prompting the federation’s Kontrollausschuss to open proceedings.
- The DFB says the probe is ongoing and time-consuming and that Freigang has submitted a written response as officials review medical and procedural evidence.
- Freigang and her representatives deny deliberate avoidance and describe the misses as reporting misunderstandings, while Eintracht Frankfurt has kept her in the squad and pledged full support.
- Under anti-doping rules three missed tests within 12 months can trigger a ban of up to two years and reports say the third missed control is being examined closely for a possible app-entry error.
- WADA guidance aims for result-management cases to finish in six months but the DFB warns this matter could stretch longer and the outcome could affect Freigang’s club role and national-team plans next year.