The Irish Times June 28th, 2001 The International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) has been ordered to pay over one million marks in compensation to former double world sprint champion Katrin Krabbe, her lawyer said today. Krabbe's lawyer Thomas Summerer told German sports news agency SID that a Munich court had ruled IAAF should pay Krabbe 1.2 million marks ($529,600) plus four per cent interest for the period running since 1994. "We have not received any official communication from the court in Germany but we believe this information is correct," IAAF spokesman Giorgio Reineri said, adding the world governing body would almost certainly appeal against the ruling. "We regret this decision," Reineri added. "Once we have received detail on the motivation of the ruling we will decide whether to appeal. It is practically sure that we will." Krabbe, 31, claims a suspension imposed on her by the world governing body after she admitted having taken the banned drug clenbuterol in 1992 was illegal. The former East German won the 100 and 200 metres titles at the 1991 world championships in Tokyo. After she admitted having taken clenbuterol the following year, the IAAF and the German Athletics Federation (DLV) were unable to impose the mandatory four-year ban on her because of a legal problem within the German federation's rule-book. Instead the DLV, which has since solved the problem in its rules, suspended Krabbe for one year for unsportsmanlike conduct. The IAAF added a further two-year ban in 1993 for which Krabbe, who has since given up athletics, was seeking compensation Eamonn Condon www.RunnersGoal.com
