ROME (AP) — Beijing Olympic race walking champion Alex Schwazer is facing another doping case, but this time he maintains he’s clean.
Four years after testing positive for EPO before the 2012 London Games and a 45-month ban, Schwazer was informed Tuesday that a May 12 retest of a Jan. 1 doping control sample showed positive traces of steroids.
“Just like four years ago, I’m here to show my face,” Schwazer said during a news conference Wednesday in the northern city of Bolzano. “But today I don’t have any apology, because there’s nothing I have to say sorry for.