Former figure skating world
champion Carolina Kostner on Monday was summoned by Italian
Olympic Committee (CONI) prosecutors in relation to the doping
case of her ex boyfriend - 2008 50km walk Olympic champion Alex
Schwazer.
CONI said that Carolina Kostner, the 2012 ice skating
world champion and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, will be asked
about allegations of complicity in the breach of doping
regulations on Friday at 13:00.
Schwazer has been banned from competition until January
2016 after testing positive for the illegal blood-booster EPO
just before the London Olympics.
Doping is a criminal offence in Italy and Bolzano
prosecutors investigating the case have uncovered an alleged
network of people who were allegedly complicit in Schwazer's
illegal drug use.
Two doctors and an official from the Italian athletics
federation are being probed by the criminal prosecutors, along
with Schwazer himself.
According to Italian media reports, Kostner confessed to
prosecutors that she helped dodge a surprise doping test in July
2012.
She also reportedly told prosecutors that on occasions
Schwazer slept all night in a facemask attached to a mysterious
white machine and that she had to use earplugs to block out the
noise.
Prosecutors reportedly suspect that the Schwazer used
illegal techniques to alter oxygen intake levels, including
prior to his 2008 Olympic victory.
Schwazer has confessed to doping while maintaining that he
was clean when he won the Olympic title in Beijing.
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