Jail term for blood doping doctor in ground-breaking 'Aderlass' trial Issued on: 15/01/2021 - 15:31 3 min Berlin (AFP) Senior figures in German sport on Friday welcomed the prison sentence handed to the doctor at the centre of the "Aderlass" international blood-doping trial in Munich after the first major test of Germany's anti-doping laws. Dr Mark Schmidt, 42, has been sentenced to four years, 10 months for masterminding an international blood doping ring between 2012 and 2019. "Finally we are seeing a verdict that includes draconian penalties for those cheating in sport," said Alfons Hoermann, president of the German Olympic Sports Confederation, after the verdict. Schmidt has also received an additional ban from practising medicine for a further three years and was fined 158,000 euros ($191,821).