ROME (AP) — Beijing Olympic race walking champion Alex Schwazer is facing another doping case, the Italian track and field federation said Wednesday.
The Gazzetta dello Sport reported Wednesday that Schwazer and the Italian federation (FIDAL) were informed a day earlier that a May 12 retest of a Jan. 1 doping control sample showed positive traces of steroids.
The retest was conducted after Schwazer qualified for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
FIDAL confirmed to The Associated Press that the Gazzetta report was accurate, adding that it would likely comment further later Wednesday.