Another Chinese doping controversy pops up during Olympic swimming competition
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Another Chinese doping controversy pops up during Olympic swimming competition

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Another Chinese doping allegation has flared up at the Paris Games, angering some swimmers who say officials need to enforce drug-testing rules consistently. The New York Times reported Tuesday that two top Chinese swimmers — including one on this year’s Olympic team — tested positive for a banned steroid in 2022 but were eventually cleared to compete by Chinese officials. “We really don’t have confidence, in the situation, in the testing system — in the testing system in other parts of the world.” In the most widely reported incident, 11 swimmers named to the Chinese Olympic team were among 23 who tested positive for a banned substance six months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. In a statement, WADA acknowledged the two Chinese swimmers had tested positive and were provisionally suspended for “trace amounts of a prohibited substance metandienone,” a powerful muscle-builder known on the street as D-Bol. WADA said the Chinese anti-doping agency, CHINADA, conducted testing on “hundreds of meat samples from various sources with dozens revealing positive results for metandienone.” WADA said CHINADA closed the case late in 2023 “without asserting a violation,” which lifted the provisional suspensions.

World Doping Wada Swimmers Chinese Olympic Controversy Pops  wada  competition  controversy  pops  chinese  olympic  swimmers  positive  world  antidoping  doping  team  athletes  swimming  times  testing

History of this topic

China's Tang sets new Asian record at short course swimming worlds
1 week, 5 days ago

China's Tang sets new Asian record at short course swimming worlds

China Daily  

File photo of Tang Qianting. Paris Olympic champion Regan Smith of the United States triumphed in the women's 100m backstroke final in 54.55 seconds, a new championship record. The men's 100m backstroke event delivered a thrilling final, where Russia's 18-year-old Miron Lifintsev, competing as a neutral athlete, emerged victorious with a new world junior record of 48.76 seconds. In the …

China's Tang sets new Asian record at short course swimming worlds
1 week, 5 days ago

China's Tang sets new Asian record at short course swimming worlds

China Daily  

File photo of Tang Qianting. Paris Olympic champion Regan Smith of the United States triumphed in the women's 100m backstroke final in 54.55 seconds, a new championship record. The men's 100m backstroke event delivered a thrilling final, where Russia's 18-year-old Miron Lifintsev, competing as a neutral athlete, emerged victorious with a new world junior record of 48.76 seconds. In the …

China's Tang sets new Asian record at short course swimming worlds
1 week, 5 days ago

China's Tang sets new Asian record at short course swimming worlds

China Daily  

File photo of Tang Qianting. Paris Olympic champion Regan Smith of the United States triumphed in the women's 100m backstroke final in 54.55 seconds, a new championship record. The men's 100m backstroke event delivered a thrilling final, where Russia's 18-year-old Miron Lifintsev, competing as a neutral athlete, emerged victorious with a new world junior record of 48.76 seconds. In the …

Final report clears WADA over China swimmers who failed dope tests
3 months, 1 week ago

Final report clears WADA over China swimmers who failed dope tests

The Hindu  

A final report has concluded that the World Anti-Doping Agency did not show “favouritism” towards China in the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who were cleared to compete after testing positive for a banned drug. Responding to Thursday’s report, US Anti Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart, who has been an outspoken critic of WADA’s handling of the affair, said the …

Team China targeting a tsunami of swimming medals
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Team China targeting a tsunami of swimming medals

China Daily  

The Chinese swimmers are set to continue to make big splashes during the Paris Paralympics. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY As one of China's flagship teams at the Paralympics, the swimming squad has wasted no time in adjusting to the rigors of competition in Paris. Wei Wei, a staff member on China's Paralympic swimming team, said that the team, along with the …

Team China targeting a tsunami of swimming medals
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Team China targeting a tsunami of swimming medals

China Daily  

China Daily Updated: 2024-08-26 Large | Medium | Small The Chinese swimmers are set to continue to make big splashes during the Paris Paralympics. Set to take place from Aug 29 to Sept 7 at the Paris La Defense Arena, the swimming competition will see China field 46 athletes — 21 men and 25 women — making the team the …

Team China targeting a tsunami of swimming medals
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Team China targeting a tsunami of swimming medals

China Daily  

China Daily Updated: 2024-08-26 Large | Medium | Small The Chinese swimmers are set to continue to make big splashes during the Paris Paralympics. Set to take place from Aug 29 to Sept 7 at the Paris La Defense Arena, the swimming competition will see China field 46 athletes — 21 men and 25 women — making the team the …

Diving for common goal
4 months ago

Diving for common goal

China Daily  

China Daily Updated: 2024-08-23 Large | Medium | Small A snapshot of the preparations of the disabled swimmers taking part in the upcoming Paris Paralympic Games With just a few days left until the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, the Chinese Paralympic swimming team is diligently preparing to showcase its skills at the event. Swimming is renowned for its inclusivity among …

China’s Sun Yang set to return to the pool after four-year doping ban
4 months ago

China’s Sun Yang set to return to the pool after four-year doping ban

The Hindu  

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang will return to the pool at a major domestic meet next week following the expiry of his four-year ban for doping, state media reported. Sun, China’s first Olympic gold medallist in men’s swimming, will represent his home Zhejiang province at the National Summer Swimming Championships which start on Sunday in Hefei. Pan Zhanle claimed the men’s …

Official calls for anti-doping vigilance
4 months ago

Official calls for anti-doping vigilance

China Daily  

A mobilization conference for the Paralympians attending the Paris Games is held in Beijing on Aug 20, 2024. A senior sports official reiterated China's zero-tolerance approach toward doping on Tuesday while seeing off the Chinese Paralympic delegation heading to the Paris Paralympic Games, and urged the athletes to earn respect through strength and integrity. Speaking at a mobilization conference for …

Attorney calls Olympic sprinter Erriyon Knighton ‘collateral damage’ in widening anti-doping feud
4 months, 1 week ago

Attorney calls Olympic sprinter Erriyon Knighton ‘collateral damage’ in widening anti-doping feud

Associated Press  

The doping case involving U.S. sprinter Erriyon Knighton’s claims of eating contaminated meat is being appealed and will be sent to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, while Knighton’s attorney suggested the sprinter could be “collateral damage” in an ongoing feud between anti-doping authorities across the globe. “The very public battle between WADA and USADA, which has recently caught the …

Chinese athletes did well, not just in competition: China Daily editorial
4 months, 1 week ago

Chinese athletes did well, not just in competition: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Zhendong Fan of China celebrates after winning his gold medal match against Truls Moregard of Sweden at South Paris Arena 4, Paris, France on Aug 4, 2024. When Chinese table tennis player Fan Zhendong beat his Japanese counterpart Harimoto Tomokazu in the quarter-final of the men's singles competition, both players presented a wonderful match for the audience. Chinese tennis player …

Chinese athletes did well, not just in competition: China Daily editorial
4 months, 1 week ago

Chinese athletes did well, not just in competition: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Zhendong Fan of China celebrates after winning his gold medal match against Truls Moregard of Sweden at South Paris Arena 4, Paris, France on Aug 4, 2024. When Chinese table tennis player Fan Zhendong beat his Japanese counterpart Harimoto Tomokazu in the quarter-final of the men's singles competition, both players presented a wonderful match for the audience. Chinese tennis player …

Young players come of age at this year's Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Young players come of age at this year's Paris Olympics

China Daily  

China's Zheng Qinwen celebrates scoring a crucial point against Croatia's Donna Vekic during their women's singles tennis gold-medal match at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday. Zheng Qinwen, the women's singles tennis player, and the Chinese men's swimming team made history, breaking the long-standing Western monopoly in these categories and demonstrating the confidence of the young Chinese generation. Zheng, 21, …

Young players come of age at this year's Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Young players come of age at this year's Paris Olympics

China Daily  

China's Zheng Qinwen celebrates scoring a crucial point against Croatia's Donna Vekic during their women's singles tennis gold-medal match at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday. Zheng Qinwen, the women's singles tennis player, and the Chinese men's swimming team made history, breaking the long-standing Western monopoly in these categories and demonstrating the confidence of the young Chinese generation. Zheng, 21, …

China hits back at the US in response to doping allegations dogging its swimmers
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China hits back at the US in response to doping allegations dogging its swimmers

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China is trying to fight fire with fire in the face of persistent doping allegations that have dogged its swimmers at the Paris Olympics. The China Anti-Doping Agency called Thursday for more intensive testing of American track and field competitors, citing in a news release past doping scandals and questioning how the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency handled them. The …

Paris 2024 Olympics: US, Japan figure skaters receive Beijing Winter Games medals in long-awaited ceremony
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: US, Japan figure skaters receive Beijing Winter Games medals in long-awaited ceremony

The Hindu  

Two-and-a-half years after competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics, American and Japanese figure skaters stepped on to the podium in Paris on Wednesday to receive reallocated gold and silver medals, drawing a line under a Russian doping saga that rocked those Games. Against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, the American figure skating team finally experienced the golden moment it …

US urged to stop creating false doping narratives
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US urged to stop creating false doping narratives

China Daily  

US Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart testifies before a hearing on anti-doping measures ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris at Capitol Hill in Washington DC, the US on June 25. The China Anti-Doping Agency urged the United States on Tuesday to stop creating false narratives, politicizing anti-doping cases and manipulating public perceptions, and drop double standards when dealing with …

China hit back over doping complaints as Michael Phelps calls for life bans
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China hit back over doping complaints as Michael Phelps calls for life bans

The Telegraph  

Hawke’s comments have now been criticised by Dennis Cotterell, another Australian, who together with his partner Bronwyn Henderson has been coaching Pan for the last 18 months. “I believe one and done.” He added: “If everybody is not going through that same testing, I have a serious problem because it means the level of sport is not fair and it’s …

US' nasty doping smears only sully itself: China Daily editorial
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US' nasty doping smears only sully itself: China Daily editorial

China Daily  

Gold medalists Team China, silver medalists Team USA and bronze medalists Team France attend the victory ceremony for the men's 4x100m medley relay in swimming at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Sunday. And after China clinched its second swimming gold of the Paris Games by winning the men's 4x100m medley relay final on Sunday, ending the US' run of …

Swimmers' golden finish wins respect of opponents
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Swimmers' golden finish wins respect of opponents

China Daily  

Chinese swimmers Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun and Pan Zhanle celebrate on the podium after winning the men's 4x100m medley relay at the Summer Olympics in Nanterre, near Paris, France, on Sunday. After nine days of intense competition, the Chinese swimming team wrapped up its Olympic program with a strong finish by pulling off an inspiring victory in the …

China shrug off doping controversy, win 12 swimming medals at Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

China shrug off doping controversy, win 12 swimming medals at Paris Olympics

Firstpost  

China’s haul — two gold, three silver and seven bronze — was an improvement on their total Tokyo collection of nine. ‘Expert’ Check out all the coping and seething from Brett Hawke about Pan Zhanle's amazing world record 😁 @insidewithBH pic.twitter.com/jSThbrE9VQ — Theodora Fletcher August 2, 2024 World Aquatics data released days before the Games showed Chinese swimmers in Paris …

Olympic swimmers speak out about Chinese doping; and Britain’s Adam Peaty says they should be out
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympic swimmers speak out about Chinese doping; and Britain’s Adam Peaty says they should be out

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Olympic swimmers spoke out about the Chinese doping scandal that has hung over these Paris Olympics as the events finished Sunday night. China won the men’s 4x100-meter medley relay in 3 minutes, 27.46 seconds, with two of the four members on the team listed among 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive ahead of the Tokyo Olympics three …

Paris Olympics: China's state media, netizens rally around Pan Zhanle after claims 100m swim not 'humanly possible'
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics: China's state media, netizens rally around Pan Zhanle after claims 100m swim not 'humanly possible'

Firstpost  

Pan Zhanle smashed his own 100m freestyle world record, shaving 0.40 seconds off the previous mark, for China’s first swimming gold at Paris 2024 China’s state media, athletes and netizens rallied to support Olympic swimming champion Pan Zhanle after critics including an Australian swim commentator said his world record swim in the 100 metres freestyle was not “humanly possible”. Pan …

China’s swimming doping controversy making waves at Paris Olympics — and in Washington
4 months, 3 weeks ago

China’s swimming doping controversy making waves at Paris Olympics — and in Washington

LA Times  

The swimming competition at the 2024 Summer Games will conclude with four medal races Sunday, but that won’t quash a geopolitical tug-of-war that has erupted at the pool. An American official described it as “playing a game of ping-pong with media bullets.” It all began last spring when the New York Times and German broadcaster ARD reported that 23 members …

The Chinese swimming doping scandal casting doubt at Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Chinese swimming doping scandal casting doubt at Paris Olympics

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Wenzel said …

Chinese swimming world record ‘not humanly possible’ says Australian coach
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese swimming world record ‘not humanly possible’ says Australian coach

The Telegraph  

Chalmers was taken by surprise by Pan’s criticism, and revealed that Pan had said to his face how he viewed the Australian as an “idol”. I look at him the same as any competitor.” While Pan was unmoved on China’s doping allegations, the Chinese Anti-Doping Agency chose to hit back after fresh allegations were made that two Paris 2024 athletes …

Pan Zhanle of China breaks own world record to win Olympic gold medal in men’s 100-meter freestyle
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pan Zhanle of China breaks own world record to win Olympic gold medal in men’s 100-meter freestyle

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Pan Zhanle of China broke his own world record on the way to winning the men’s 100-meter freestyle Wednesday night, finishing in 46.40 seconds for his country’s first swimming gold medal of the Paris Olympics. I don’t think it influenced my performance.” WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency, put out a statement on Tuesday in response to food …

Léon Marchand pulls off one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history at the Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Léon Marchand pulls off one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history at the Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Turns out, those comparisons to Michael Phelps weren’t far fetched at all when it comes to Léon Marchand. Marchand completed one of the most audacious doubles in swimming history Wednesday night, winning the 200-meter butterfly and the 200 breaststroke about two hours apart in front of a home crowd cheering his every stroke. They’re amazing to me, …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Lani Pallister pulls out of 1500m freestyle after testing positive for COVID-19
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Lani Pallister pulls out of 1500m freestyle after testing positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

Australian medal hope Lani Pallister has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Paris Olympics and pulled out of the women’s 1500m freestyle on Tuesday. Pallister is the second swimmer to test positive this week following British breaststroke silver medallist Adam Peaty. READ | Britain’s Peaty tests positive for COVID after silver medal win “She has tested positive for Covid and …

Swimming’s next generation, from all over the globe, claims the spotlight at Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Swimming’s next generation, from all over the globe, claims the spotlight at Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Swimming’s next generation of stars claimed the spotlight at the Paris Olympics on Monday night, a brash group that comes from all over the globe. Then perhaps the biggest surprise of all: Titmus, the world-record holder and defending gold medalist in the women’s 200 free, was knocked off by O’Callaghan. McIntosh collected her first medal of any …

Zhang Yufei hopes Chinese swimmers will be accepted as clean after dozens of tests ahead of Paris
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Zhang Yufei hopes Chinese swimmers will be accepted as clean after dozens of tests ahead of Paris

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Zhang Yufei hopes her international rivals will believe she is competing clean after the Chinese swimming star estimates she took between 20 and 30 drug tests monthly in the lead up to the Paris Olympics. Zhang said she and her teammates have tested three to four days a week in the past couple of months leading up …

ITA confirms no-fault verdict for 23 Chinese swimmers
4 months, 4 weeks ago

ITA confirms no-fault verdict for 23 Chinese swimmers

China Daily  

The International Testing Agency holds a press conference in Paris, France, to introduce the anti-doping measures for the Paris Olympics, on Thursday. After having carried out all possible tests and investigations, the International Testing Agency, or ITA, confirmed on Thursday that the no-fault verdict for 23 Chinese swimmers involved in a 2021 contamination case was a solid and reasonable decision. …

Doping row erupts at Paris 2024 as Wada threatens US and athletes plan Chinese protests
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Doping row erupts at Paris 2024 as Wada threatens US and athletes plan Chinese protests

The Telegraph  

A doping storm over the Olympics in Paris intensified on the eve of the opening ceremony as leading swimmers condemned the “failed” China anti-doping investigation. Caeleb Dressel, the seven-time Olympic gold medallist, bluntly replied “no, not really” when asked whether he had confidence in the case involving 23 athletes. The World Anti-Doping Agency has said it was “speechless” over claims …

Chinese swimmers most tested ahead of Paris Olympics: World Aquatics
5 months ago

Chinese swimmers most tested ahead of Paris Olympics: World Aquatics

China Daily  

A doping control transport kit of Versapak, including A and B samples, is displayed during the World Anti-Doping Agency Symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 11, 2022. "In total, 2,145 anti-doping tests have been conducted by World Aquatics on athletes participating in the Olympic Games in Paris since 1 January 2024. "Including tests conducted by other anti-doping organizations, aquatics athletes competing …

Paris 2024: Top five male swimmers debuting at the Olympics
5 months ago

Paris 2024: Top five male swimmers debuting at the Olympics

The Hindu  

From China’s world record holder Pan Zhanle to the Open Water swimmer of Germany, Oliver Klemet, here are the top five male swimmers debuting at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Zhang Zhanshuo Zhanshuo Zhang of China celebrates after winning gold in the men’s 4x200m freestyle final on day fifteen of the Doha 2024 World Aquatics Championships. | Photo Credit: Getty Images …

Paris Olympics 2024: We need a level playing field, says Britain’s Peaty after Chinese doping cases
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: We need a level playing field, says Britain’s Peaty after Chinese doping cases

The Hindu  

Adam Peaty and other British swimmers said there needs to be a level playing field after 23 Chinese swimmers escaped punishment after testing positive for a banned drug. The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed reports in April that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for TMZ -- a medication that increases blood flow to the heart -- before the Tokyo Olympics in …

Chinese swimmers will be under scrutiny at the Paris Olympics after positive doping tests revealed
5 months, 1 week ago

Chinese swimmers will be under scrutiny at the Paris Olympics after positive doping tests revealed

Associated Press  

Few athletes will be under as much scrutiny at the Paris Olympics as the swimmers from China. Revelations that nearly two dozen elite Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Games — and were allowed to compete with no ramifications — have raised major concerns from the rest of the world about the seriousness of …

World swimming body promises more anti-doping tests of Chinese team before Paris Olympics
5 months, 1 week ago

World swimming body promises more anti-doping tests of Chinese team before Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Chinese swimmers going to the Paris Olympics are undergoing increased drug testing of at least eight times this year before the Games, World Aquatics said on Monday. World Aquatics said “a certain number of athletes from specific nations will be tested four times” since the start of the year by the Lausanne-based International Testing Agency, which runs anti-doping …

World swimming federation confirms US federal investigation into Chinese swimmers’ doping tests
5 months, 2 weeks ago

World swimming federation confirms US federal investigation into Chinese swimmers’ doping tests

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The international swimming federation says its top administrator has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who failed doping tests in 2021 yet were allowed to continue competing. A House Committee on China asked the Justice Department and the FBI on May 21 to investigate the …

Want to follow swimming in Paris? Then get up to speed on WADA, doping, China and trimetazidine
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Want to follow swimming in Paris? Then get up to speed on WADA, doping, China and trimetazidine

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The Paris Olympics open next month and the agency that oversees doping enforcement is under scrutiny following allegations it failed to pursue positive tests of Chinese swimmers who subsequently won medals — including three gold — at the Tokyo Games in 2021. Without it, the anti-doping movement will crumble and athletes will never feel they have a level …

Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy U.S. Olympic athletes have lost …

Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. Olympic athletes have lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris, two former gold medalists told a House subcommittee on Tuesday night. Phelps expressed frustration that nothing had changed since he testified before the same subcommittee seven years ago about WADA’s handling of Russian …

US swimming stars testify on anti-doping measures ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics
5 months, 4 weeks ago

US swimming stars testify on anti-doping measures ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics

The Hindu  

U.S. swimming greats Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt will testify on Tuesday to a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee probing a doping case involving Chinese swimmers ahead of this summer’s Paris Olympics. Olympic gold medallists Phelps and Schmitt, as well as Travis Tygart, the chief executive for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, will testify to lawmakers on the Republican-controlled House Energy …

Australia Olympic swimmers urged not to be distracted by China doping scandal
6 months, 1 week ago

Australia Olympic swimmers urged not to be distracted by China doping scandal

New Indian Express  

SYDNEY: Australia's head swimming coach Rohan Taylor has urged his Olympic team not to get distracted by a Chinese doping scandal that has rocked the sport, calling it "a waste of energy". The scandal blew up again on Friday when the New York Times claimed three of them -- including two 2021 gold medallists and a current world record holder …

Ledecky says faith in Olympic anti-doping system at ‘all-time low’ after Chinese swimming case
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Ledecky says faith in Olympic anti-doping system at ‘all-time low’ after Chinese swimming case

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Olympic champion Katie Ledecky says faith in the anti-doping system is at an “all-time low” in the wake of the way global regulators handled a case involving Chinese swimmers. “It’s hard going into Paris knowing that we’re going to be racing some of these athletes,” said Ledecky, who will be at U.S. Olympic trials starting June 15. …

WADA to hold extraordinary meeting in Chinese swimmers case
7 months, 1 week ago

WADA to hold extraordinary meeting in Chinese swimmers case

The Hindu  

The World Anti-Doping Agency announced Monday it would hold an extraordinary meeting this week to discuss the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a prescription heart drug. WADA came under fire in April after it was revealed that the Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine -- which can enhance performance -- ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in …

Chinese doping scandal roils Olympic swimming: The latest, and what it means for Paris
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese doping scandal roils Olympic swimming: The latest, and what it means for Paris

New York Times  

The controversy following a report last month that revealed positive drug tests in Chinese swimmers in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympics continued to escalate in the past week, with the World Anti-Doping Agency standing by its handling of the situation amid growing criticism from the United States Anti-Doping Agency and elsewhere. Two months after the swimmers tested positive, investigators …

WADA defends pick of Swiss prosecutor under scrutiny in review of Chinese swimmers case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

WADA defends pick of Swiss prosecutor under scrutiny in review of Chinese swimmers case

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday defended the “strong reputation” of its choice of veteran Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier to review how it handled the case of positive doping tests by 23 Chinese swimmers. Cottier is “entirely independent” of WADA and international sports, it said, even as scrutiny of him increased over his friendship with a longtime colleague …

Discover Related