Alex Schwazer at the 2012 press conference in Bolzano ... and at the European Championships 2010 in Barcelona (Photo Colombo/Fidal)

Incredible: Emelyanov doped, Schwazer won the European Championship title four years later

This story is incredible: Alex Schwazer is now the European champion in the 20 km walk. The 29-year-old from Kalch won silver in Barcelona on July 27, 2010 behind the then 19-year-old Russian Stanislav Emelyanov (1:20.10), who was stripped of his title today due to a doping offense. Schwazer, who has also been serving a doping ban for exactly two years on the day, moves up to first place (1:20.38), silver goes to Portuguese Joao Vieira (1:20.49) and bronze goes to Robert Heffernan from Ireland (1:21.0). .

July 31, 2014

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