The incredible moment Austrian cross-country skier is caught doping

A sensational video has emerged of Austrian police walking in on Nordic skier Max Hauke while he was in the middle of a blood transfusion. 

Hauke was among five skiers arrested in police raids in Seefeld targeting an alleged doping network amid the Nordic World Cup Ski Championships.

The video, released by Austrian publication Vorarlberg Online, shows a sheepish-looking Hauke caught red-handed before taking part in a race. 

Austrian police caught a cross-country skier in the middle of a blood transfusion

Max Hauke was one of five skiers arrested in police raids in Seefeld, Austria this week

Hauke and Dominik Baldauf are cadets in the Austrian police, according to a recent interior ministry news release congratulating them on finishing in sixth place in the team sprint at the worlds.

Hauke is asked in the video if anyone else is at home, to which he replies by shaking his head.

His training partner, Scottish cross-country skier Andrew Young, called it ‘disgusting’, via NRK.

He said: ‘It’s not nice. It is difficult. There is no room for it in sports and I did not realise that he was doing it. 

A video captured by Austrian media shows a sheepish-looking Hauke caught red-handed

Hauke, pictured during qualification for Men’s Team Sprint at Nordic World Ski Championships

‘It is difficult to describe what you feel after seeing a friend cheating. I don’t hate him, but at the same time I don’t want him back in the cross-country circuit. You can’t come back after you’ve done that.’

Olympic cyclist Callum Skinner condemned the incident on Twitter: This is a serious welfare issue. 

‘Self administered or aided there is no excuse for this. It’s sad that an athlete or support staff would put performance enhancement above their or their athletes health.’