“A monstrous truth”: Schwazer case makes headlines

Judge Walter Pelino concluded that Schwazer's urine sample from January 1, 2016 - in which an elevated level of synthetic testosterone was found - was deliberately altered ( SportNews berichtete ). The judge also made serious allegations against the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). In short: Schwazer was cheated, according to the judge.

The press reported extensively on this case. “Now let him go again,” reads the title page Journal of Sport in large letters. “Alex’s gold. Now he has got his dignity back. Now give him his sport back. There has to be a way for him to qualify for the Olympics,” says Italy’s best-known sports newspaper. Background: The criminal proceedings against Schwazer have been dropped, but his doping ban has not yet been lifted. He now has to fight for this before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport. “Let him go to the games.” Tuttosport Schwazer was also featured on the front page of numerous other Italian sports newspapers. “Let him go to the games,” headlines the Turin paper Tuttosport . “A monstrous truth: It is not the fact that Schwazer is innocent, that his life and career was destroyed by an unjustified doping ban and that his reputation was dragged into the mud for years, is the main note. Rather, this story brings to light the sad realization that those authorities who should guarantee clean sport are themselves acting criminally,” he writes Corriere dello Sport .

The case was also reported beyond Italy's borders. In Germany, among other things, the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Spiegel the Schwazer case, and the media in England and France also wrote about it. Harsh criticism from WADA The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) reacted with dismay to the latest developments in the Schwazer case. “WADA is appalled by the judge’s numerous reckless and unsubstantiated allegations against the organization and other parties in this case,” it said in a statement ( SportNews berichtete ).

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“A monstrous truth”: Schwazer case makes headlines

The note hit like a bomb on Thursday: The Bolzano regional court has dropped the criminal proceedings against Alex Schwazer and de facto claimed that the walker from Kalch was cheated. This is causing quite a stir in the world of sports.

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