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The best victory in recent years. Alex Schwazer raises his arms to the sky, this time not at the finish line of a foot race, but in a courtroom. The investigating judge of the Bolzano Court, Walter Pelino, in fact, ordered the dismissal of the criminal proceedings against Alex Schwazer for “not having committed the act.”
The glory and the mud
by CARLO BONINI (editorial coordination), ATTILIO BOLZONI and FABIO TONACCI (text), FRANCESCO GIOVANNETTI (video). MULTIMEDIA COORDINATION LAURA PERTICI. GRAPHICS AND VIDEO GEDI VISUAL
In 2016 there was no doping
The investigation concerns the alleged South Tyrol walker doping case, which dates back to 2016 when, after a surprise doping control carried out on the morning of the first of the year, Schwazer tested positive for testosterone, subsequently remedying a disqualification of 8 years. for doping, given the recidivism. Disqualification that prevented him from participating in the Rio Olympics.
The athlete has always denied having used doping substances in that period (unlike in 2012 when he admitted the violation of the regulations), formally contesting the validity of the test and declaring himself the victim of an international conspiracy. A plot that, now, in light of the magistrate’s decree, becomes more than just an investigative hypothesis. The counter-accusations of the former walker, in fact, may not be so far from reality given the anomalies found by Colonel del Ris di Parma, Giampietro Lago, in the urine tubes (kept in the Wada laboratory in Cologne) of the corridor. However, the presentation will not allow Schwazer to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, given the disqualification until 2024 imposed by the Lausanne Tas. This does not mean that South Tyrol, in light of the Bolzano Court decision, cannot now go to the Swiss Federal Court to challenge the Tas ruling.
The investigating judge’s conclusions
The conclusions of the 87-page archival decree of the investigating judge Walter Pelino, contain the crucial point from which the other investigation can begin, that of the plot and its protagonists: “The investigating judge believes that the samples have been verified with a The high degree of rationality of the urine extracted from Alex Schwazer on January 1, 2016 has been altered in order to make them positive, and therefore disqualify and discredit the athlete, as well as his coach Sandro Donati. ”And he adds: “There is strong evidence that a number of crimes have been committed in an attempt to avoid verification of the aforementioned crime.” Someone, at the International Athletics Federation, in Wada and in the Cologne laboratory, trembles.
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