LIVE | Alex Schwazer's fight in court

21.20 clock: The hearing is over. There is no clear result. Judge Walter Pelino will take his time to make a decision on how to proceed. The Schwazer side hopes that a new report will be commissioned to find out why the DNA value shows abnormalities.

20.52 clock: The hearing is entering the home stretch. Judge Walter Pelino will soon decide what to do next in the Alex Schwazer case.

20.30 clock: Before the final word comes, Schwazer's lawyer Gerhard Brandstätter wants to clarify a few points with RIS chief investigator Giampiero Lago.

19.49 clock: The legal representatives of the associations and WADA continue to rain questions on RIS chief investigator Giampiero Lago. He patiently describes his analysis process.

Giampiero Lago has the central role in the hearing. © DLife

19.30 clock: The hearing has now lasted 3 hours. The different parties discuss the interpretation and interpretations of Colonel Lagos' investigative analysis.

19.02 clock: Alex Schwazer's long-time trainer, Sandro Donati, who is known as a doping fighter, is also among the attentive listeners. He had said immediately before the hearing: “As long as you don't put a gun in my mouth, I'll tell you everything. I will also sue for damages. Alex really wants to know the truth, I want it too.” Sandro Donati listens very carefully in the Bolzano courtroom. © DLife

18.50 clock: Colonel Lago has now finished presenting his report and now has to answer questions from the public prosecutor's office as well as the prosecution and defense sides.

18.22 clock: When asked by Judge Pelino, Colonel Lago answers clearly: “Schwazer’s DNA value is an anomaly. There could be several reasons for this.” When the judge pressed again, Lago named several hypotheses, including the possibility that the sample could have been edited later.

RIS investigator Giampiero Lago (front right) answers the questions of examining judge Walter Pelino.

17.56 clock: There were difficulties in obtaining the samples from the doping laboratory in Cologne, explains Colonel Lago. WADA is said to have provided untrue information regarding the amounts of liquid in the urine samples.

17.35 clock: Colonel Lago explains that a total of 2018 unannounced test samples were carried out on Alex Schwazer within a short period of time in 7, all of which could be evaluated. The DNA value corresponded to the average of people Schwazer's age. Now lawyer Brandstätter stands up and for the first time it gets loud in the courtroom. “How can it be that WADA has such abnormally high values in Schwazer’s urine, and that too in a sample that was retained for a long time?” said Brandstätter in an angry voice.

17.20 clock: RIS chief investigator Colonel Giampietro Lago explains the report. Core of the statements: There are large discrepancies between A and B samples as well as an extremely high DNA density in Schwazer's urine, which are beyond all logic.

16.45 clock: By now everyone in the hall has taken a seat. The hearing begins.

Schwazer before the court hearing (Photo: DLife).

16.31 clock: Schwazer and his lawyer Brandstätter enter the court. Opposite SportNews Schwazer says briefly and succinctly. “I am very satisfied with the report presented today. I have always believed in justice and will continue to do so, even if this all drags on for months.”

16.25 clock: Alex Schwazer drives to the court in Bolzano with his lawyer Gerhard Brandstätter in a black SUV. The media hype is huge: around 30 journalists from all over Italy - but also from Germany - came to the state capital to attend the hearing.

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LIVE | Alex Schwazer's fight in court

Day of truth for Alex Schwazer: From 16.30 p.m. Giampietro Lago, head of the Carabinieri laboratory RIS, will present his second report on the Alex Schwazer case at the regional court in Bolzano. SportNews and STOL inform you in real time about the latest events and findings.

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