From professional handball to truck collectors.
The selection was not voluntary.
The doping ban means Richard Hansch, 32, is not allowed to play the sports he loves.
“Some days I have to bite my lip and then cry a little inside because it’s so hard,” he tells Expressen in a longer interview and points to the daughter’s reminder.
2021 was a great dark year for Richard Hanisch. After the third semi-final against IFK Kristianstad, he was called up for doping control. Days passed and the play-off of the Swedish Championship was played before Hansch got any answer to the test.
The 32-year-old finished second with IFK Skövde and the whole team went on a joint trip to celebrate the silver medal together.
That was when he received the sad news.
Over the phone, cohabitant Maria said that he had received a letter from the Swedish Anti-Doping Agency. Maria opened the letter and was silent on the phone before she could find the words and told he was suspected of doping.
– She turned completely black at night, a big shock. I didn’t know where to go, Hanisch tells Expressen who, in addition to his daily diet, took PWO before the semi-finals after which he was tested for steroids.
wanted to appeal
The preparation that tested positive on the 32-year-old was the mineral hexanamine.
The Doping Board found Hanisch guilty and suspended him for two years, from June 18, 2021, to June 17, 2023.
An appeal of the decision was considered.
– I wanted to take this step, but when I found out what it might cost … it was 60,000 to 600,000, plus there was no guarantee that there would be a lower penalty, and then I felt like it wasn’t paid.
Then I cry a little on the inside
Sees from the living room window the hall of the IFK Skövde house.
– I remember her every day. It hurts when the daughter points to the ring and says, “Dad used to play there, but Dad doesn’t play anymore.” Some days I have to bite my lip and then cry a little on the inside because it’s so hard. She knows I played, and I don’t play now, but she doesn’t understand why, says Hansch, who works today with truck assembly at Volvo.
In less than a year, Hanisch served his sentence. Two months ago, he had to start training with a club again in order to get back in shape. For the Hanisch family, it is possible to move from Skövde if they find a new club.
