BOLZANOAfter eight years, he finally returned to freestyle A-level sports.Lex SchwazerHis competitive career was interrupted on the eve of the 2016 Rio Olympics due to a positive doping test. However, after a long and arduous legal battle, the Olympic walker, who won gold at Beijing 2008, can finally see the light again.
On social media, the athlete wrote a lengthy post that read: “I hope that no athlete will ever face the treatment I have endured. I thank all (the few) who have been close to me during this painful (and hellish) journey, who never abandoned me, when it could have been easy to do so, who fought with me and suffered with me for the injustice I suffered and for the treatment I suffered.”