This whole thing has been HUGE here over the media, Schwazer is very popular not only for winning gold in Beijing but also for his relationship with Carolina, of course. It was shocking mostly because most people had an image of him being a 'good boy', which was shattered a week ago after the doping affair was discovered.
There was only one Italian website suggesting that Carolina was missing the GP because of this, probably searching for scandal but that was rectified almost immediately, by her agent (who is also Alex's agent as well) and Schwarzer himself during his press conference. They both said that she's missing the GP because she's decided to continue with competitive skating at the end of June and she's late with preparation, and that was the end of that.
Alex also repeatedly said that she didn't know anything and that it was very hard for him to lie to her: he hid EPO in a box of vitamin b12 and kept it in the fridge, and waited until she'd gone to the ice rink before he injected it, or got up at night to do it. She never suspected a thing. Carolina now is in Oberstdorf training and will attend a press conference on August 20th that had been planned for Opera on Ice but will probably be full of questions about this matter. She's said that she was shocked and very angry when she found out, but that she loves him and will stay by his side. She was the first person to find out after Alex got the call from the Italian Olympic Committee, and Alex said crying that she'd told him that he didn't deserve that, and that a 10th place would have been fine.
As I said there's been a lot of talk about the matter here but from what has emerged it's clear that he was/is suffering from depression and needs help, though there is no excuse for what he has done. His father actually blamed himself for not seeing it sooner and his mother said that he'd gone to her crying and saying that he couldn't take it anymore, that if he couldn't defend his title he would have thrown himself off somewhere. As was said in a previous post, he didn't like race walking, only did it because he was good at it, but he got bad results in the two years following the Olympics and wanted to retire, so much that he'd also left his long time coach: but at that time the Italian federation found him a new coach that was supposed to prepare him for London 2012 and somehow convinced him to continue. Doing something he didn't like, not being able to lead the normal life that he missed so much and the pressure of having to defend the gold medal got to him. He says that the gold in Beijing is clean and most people believe him, though the IOC is of course going to reanalyze his blood samples.
I hope the press isn't going to put too much pressure on Carolina. I'm worried about her, and I'm not a fan so I can't imagine how her fans must feel right now. Schwazer's parents had wonderful words for her, saying that their son is lucky he's got such a wonderful girlfriend by his side.
There was only one Italian website suggesting that Carolina was missing the GP because of this, probably searching for scandal but that was rectified almost immediately, by her agent (who is also Alex's agent as well) and Schwarzer himself during his press conference. They both said that she's missing the GP because she's decided to continue with competitive skating at the end of June and she's late with preparation, and that was the end of that.
Alex also repeatedly said that she didn't know anything and that it was very hard for him to lie to her: he hid EPO in a box of vitamin b12 and kept it in the fridge, and waited until she'd gone to the ice rink before he injected it, or got up at night to do it. She never suspected a thing. Carolina now is in Oberstdorf training and will attend a press conference on August 20th that had been planned for Opera on Ice but will probably be full of questions about this matter. She's said that she was shocked and very angry when she found out, but that she loves him and will stay by his side. She was the first person to find out after Alex got the call from the Italian Olympic Committee, and Alex said crying that she'd told him that he didn't deserve that, and that a 10th place would have been fine.
As I said there's been a lot of talk about the matter here but from what has emerged it's clear that he was/is suffering from depression and needs help, though there is no excuse for what he has done. His father actually blamed himself for not seeing it sooner and his mother said that he'd gone to her crying and saying that he couldn't take it anymore, that if he couldn't defend his title he would have thrown himself off somewhere. As was said in a previous post, he didn't like race walking, only did it because he was good at it, but he got bad results in the two years following the Olympics and wanted to retire, so much that he'd also left his long time coach: but at that time the Italian federation found him a new coach that was supposed to prepare him for London 2012 and somehow convinced him to continue. Doing something he didn't like, not being able to lead the normal life that he missed so much and the pressure of having to defend the gold medal got to him. He says that the gold in Beijing is clean and most people believe him, though the IOC is of course going to reanalyze his blood samples.
I hope the press isn't going to put too much pressure on Carolina. I'm worried about her, and I'm not a fan so I can't imagine how her fans must feel right now. Schwazer's parents had wonderful words for her, saying that their son is lucky he's got such a wonderful girlfriend by his side.
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