Overview
- The DSV said Tuesday, July 21, 2026, that the disciplinary procedure is closed and the 18‑month sanction against Carl is legally final.
- Carl was suspended after a positive test for the banned drug clenbuterol from a sample taken at a March 2025 Military World Championship event.
- Carl says a Bundeswehr doctor gave her the cough medicine Spasmo Mucosolvan at the event, which she and reports say contains clenbuterol.
- The federation says she may rejoin national team training from the end of September and could return to World Cup racing from the end of November, with no specific comeback date set.
- The ruling ends a long legal process that cost Carl Olympic selection and annulled results from spring 2025, and it raises questions about military medical practices and how accidental exposure is handled in elite sport.