Germany's most successful winter Olympian Claudia Pechstein has ended her speed skating career, she said in a news conference on Monday. The announcement comes 11 days after the 53-year-old athlete ...

Germany's most successful winter Olympian Claudia Pechstein continues her long fight against a doping ban from 2009 at a Munich higher regional court on Thursday as the still active speed skater seeks ...

As Claudia Pechstein churned through those last couple of laps, any hopes of an Olympic gold medal snatched away by legs that grew heavier by the stride, it was easy to feel a bit torn. Was it a ...

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - After having her Vancouver Olympic dreams "stolen" by a doping ban despite never having failed a test, Germany's most decorated winter Olympian Claudia Pechstein has vowed ...