WaPo Berlin

Olympian sportswoman Dagmar Ehwald is found dead in the water on the Grünau rowing course. Just recently, the 35-year-old and her partner Juliane Spieker, made it through the Olympia qualifications. But, easy come - easy go: Dagmar Ehwald tested positive at the subsequent doping test. Now it looks as though she has been deliberately killed. Juliane Spieker asserts her innocence, although the doping disaster of her former teammate will most probably cost her the Olympia qualification for which she had trained so hard. She is currently back in training with a new partner. Dagmar's husband, Steffen, a very busy staff officer in the German Army, diverts the suspicion to Dagmar's coach, Martin Lubitsch, who also happens to be responsible for the welfare of the female athletes. But is any of this really about doping? Or was it simply murder, committed out of jealousy? Did Steffens frequent absences cause Dagmar to seek the comforting arms of Martin Lubitsch? Or did he just fake being in love in order to dope his "Golden Girl"? And what role does Dr. Sylvia Kronenberg play in all this? She was responsible for Dagmar's doping sample, after all. Little by little, more facts come to light, as the investigations reveal a fatal mixture of past guilt, eternal gratitude and pent up, explosive anger.