When 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the banned heart drug trimetazidine earlier this year, the explanation offered by Chinese officials raised eyebrows worldwide. Despite these reservations, the theory made its way into Cottier’s 58-page investigation, which ultimately concluded that WADA acted reasonably in accepting China’s claim of accidental contamination. Critics Question WADA’s Role The noodle theory, forwarded to WADA …
It looked like a recipe for disaster. Even without the contaminated-noodles theory, Cottier found problems with the way WADA and the Chinese handled the case but ultimately determined WADA had acted reasonably in not appealing China’s conclusion that its athletes had been inadvertently contaminated. “There are more story twists to the ways the Chinese explain the TMZ case than a …
CHICAGO — Illinois is the first state in the U.S. to ensure child social media influencers are compensated for their work, according to Sen. David Koehler, of Peoria, who “The rise of social media has given children new opportunities to earn a profit,” Koehler said in an emailed press release after the bill was signed Friday afternoon. Many states already …
Athletes around the world cheered when leaders of the Paralympics booted Russia from the Games. “It is because of the athletes,” said Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, who has been living about 100 miles from Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv, fearful of an attack by Russian troops who invaded the country earlier this week. Rob Koehler, the head of the advocacy …
