download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewA Chinese swimmer competing in the Paris Olympics was cleared of doping accusations after authorities sourced the drugs back to a tainted burger, according to New York Times reporting. The case comes in the wake of earlier NYT reporting that 23 Chinese athletes had tested positive for another banned medication in 2021. They were ultimately cleared in a Chinada investigation that traced the problem back to a hotel kitchen; and they went on to compete. China has cleared athletes of doping charges at least three times in the past, the paper reported.

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Persons: —, Tang Muhan, Junyi, Travis Tygart, WADA, Shelby Houlihan, Getty, Stephen McCarthy Houlihan, Tang, Chinada Organizations: Service, New York Times, Business, Doping Agency, International Testing Agency, Paris Olympics, Chinese Olympics Locations: Paris, Beijing, China, Tokyo