Athletics, Alex Schwazer suspended by the German anti-doping agency

Alex Schwazer he was suspended by the German anti-doping agency. THE’blue athlete was found positive for doping following Sunday’s marathon distance race April 26 a Frankfurt in Germany.

Schwazer tested positive for Epo

As AGI learns, the Italian marcheralready disqualified twice for doping, in 2012 (I confess) and in 2016, is tested positive for Epo. This morning Schwazer’s historic manager, Giulia Mancini, had made it known that Alex would hold a press conference in the afternoon for reasons “important“.

The news, however, already known to the entourage of the South Tyrolean race walker on Saturday, was leaked a few hours earlier and then made known by the German National Anti-Doping Agency which made it known that it had already started proceedings against Schwazer. The South Tyrolean race walker is no longer trained by Sandro Donati, but by the now professional cyclist, Domenico Pozzovivo.

“Traces of Epo in blood and urine”

The Agency German anti-dopingwhich opened proceedings against the Italian race walker Alex Schwazer, suspending him as a precaution, announced that traces of erythropoietin were found “both in the urine both in those dthe blood”.

The control anti-doping dates back to April 26th when SchwazerOlympic champion of 50 km walk a Beijing 2008took part in the German Open Marathon Distance Championships. On that occasion Alex had scored a monster chrono 3 hours 01’55”, new Italian record on the distance.

The German agency reports Schwazer to the prosecutor’s office

The German National Anti-Doping Agency (Nada), after Alex Schwazer tested positive for EPO which emerged after the test on 26 April last at the German Open Race Walking Championships in Frankfurt am Main, filed a formal complaint against the athlete with the German public prosecutor’s office which is responsible for anti-doping law. Nada has initiated results management proceedings on the formal basis of the World Anti-Doping Code (WADC21)/National Anti-Doping Code (NADC21) and the anti-doping regulations of the German Athletics Federation. The substance is erythropoietin (Epo) included in category S.2 of the World Anti-Doping Code.