Filippo Magnini guest a wild animals tonight, Tuesday 25 November. There is great anticipation for Francesca Fagnani’s interview of the former Italian swimming champion, who in recent weeks has also told her story, episode by episode, to Dancing with the stars. To be precise, in the last episode of the Milly Carlucci show, Magnini told about this case‘unfair disqualification due to doping where he is the protagonist.
Magnini and doping allegations
But what happened? In 2018, the National Anti-Doping Tribunal was Filippo Magnini was disqualified for four years with very serious doping allegationswhich he always defined as unfair. The disqualification occurred when the swimmer born in 1982 was 36 years old. That’s when Magnini began his fight for the truth, turning the case over to his lawyers to defend his reputation and great history as an athlete in every forum.
It all started a year earlier, with commencementsports justice investigations based on telephone intercepts contained in the Pesaro court’s criminal investigation file relating to a alleged doping trade that also involved nutritionist Guido Porcellini. The turning point? In 2020, when Tas overturned the penalty due to “lack of evidence” against the Italian, ending a nightmare for the two-time 100m freestyle world champion.
Magnini and the doping case, what he said to Belve
“I was the victim of a crazy plot” said Magnini during a Belve interview with Francesca Fagnani. I am a pawn that can be attacked. I recorded everything during the interrogation. They were very focused on my name so as not to touch anyone else. Athletes from swimming but also from other disciplines. They targeted me because I didn’t want to make peace. I recorded everything during the interrogation. And not just me. They said to my friend Santucci, if you mention Magnini’s name to us, we will close immediately. And he always defends me.”
