Doping control

An English reader meets konsequent and hears « consequent », something that follows as a result. The two words are related, both going back to Latin consequi, to follow, but the German adjective describes a manner rather than a sequence. Konsequent means consistent, rigorous, without exceptions: a federation that punishes whereabouts failures konsequent does so every time and for everyone. What English calls « consequently » is folglich or infolgedessen. The noun carries both senses: die Konsequenz is a consequence, but mit aller Konsequenz means with complete resolve. In a field that works more like a courtroom than a sport, this is the word people use about the system itself. Rules on testing, sealing and appeals are only credible if they are applied konsequent, to the champion as much as to the unknown.