Schwazer: Wada 'horrified by sentence, we vilified'

The world anti-doping agency Wada says it is "horrified" by yesterday's sentence of the Bolzano court on the case of the walker Alex Schwazer, rejects the accusations and threatens legal action.

In a tweet released during the night, Wada thus took a position on the matter.

The Wada "noted with grave concern the comments made by a judge of the Bolzano court in the decision on the criminal case against the walker Schwazer. The operative part of the sentence is long and articulated, and will need to be evaluated in its entirety, is horrified by the numerous reckless and unsubstantiated accusations "." During the trial - reads the tweet released tonight by the world anti-doping agency - Wada provided overwhelming evidence corroborated by independent experts that the judge rejected in favor of theories without substance".

    Wada "was a civil party in these proceedings and was engaged in the task of assisting the Court in the definition of its sentence. The agency remains firm in the evidence it has provided and rejects in the most decisive terms the defamatory criticisms contained in the sentence. the provision will have been analyzed, Wada will evaluate all available options including the legal action that can be taken ".