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☆ Unwashed poppy seeds: Opioid overdose from tainted tea prompts proposed bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( David Hilzenrath | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

People have died after drinking tea brewed from unwashed poppy seeds. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate have proposed legislation “to prohibit the distribution and sale of contaminated poppy seeds in order to prevent harm, addiction, and further deaths from morphine-contaminated poppy seeds.” The bill was one of several on the agenda for a September 10 House hearing. On the other hand, tea made from large quantities of unwashed poppy seeds could lead to addiction and overdose, doctors said. The US Drug Enforcement Administration said unwashed poppy seeds can kill when used alone or in combination with other drugs. The US Department of Justice has brought criminal prosecutions over the sale of unwashed poppy seeds.

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☆ Carlos Alcaraz defeats world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in epic China Open final
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The men’s final of this year’s China Open was billed as a battle between two titans and it definitely didn’t disappoint. 1 Jannik Sinner, winning 6-7 6-4 7-6 to claim his 16th ATP Tour title. Of shots, physically, mentally, he’s a beast.”Both men shared all four grand slam titles this year – Sinner winning the Australian Open and US Open, while Alcaraz won Wimbledon and the French Open. Sinner, however, started to find his rhythm and survived three set points to edge a first-set tiebreak. Sinner pushed Alcaraz all the way during the China Open final on Wednesday.

Persons: Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, “ Jannik, Sinner, Alcaraz, GREG BAKER, ‘ I’m, Alacaraz, “ I’m, ” Alcaraz, WADA Organizations: CNN, ATP, Wimbledon, Getty, Doping Agency, Sport, Tennis Integrity Agency Locations: China, AFP, Indian

☆ Jannik Sinner: WADA appeals decision that cleared world No. 1 tennis player after he tested positive for a banned substance
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says it’s lodging an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after an independent tribunal found world No. 1 tennis player Jannik Sinner wasn’t at fault for twice testing positive for a banned substance in March 2024. In a statement posted on social media in August, Sinner said the positive tests stemmed from “inadvertent contamination of Clostebol” through treatment from his physiotherapist. … The physiotherapist treated Jannik without gloves and coupled with various skin lesions on Jannik’s body caused the inadvertent contamination.”WADA announced that it is appealing the decision that cleared Sinner after he tested positive for a banned substance. As WADA announced its appeal on Saturday, he was playing in the round of 16 at the China Open where he defeated Roman Safiullin.

Persons: WADA, Sinner, –, “ Jannik, …, ” WADA, “, Giacomo Naldi, Umberto Ferrara, Roman Safiullin Organizations: CNN, Doping Agency, Sport, Tennis Integrity Agency, Getty, Indian, China Locations: Indian, AFP

☆ Sean ‘Suga’ O’Malley: Meet the UFC champion who is ‘just so sweet to watch’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Known for his creative social media output and seismic success in the Octagon, O’Malley has quickly become a fan favorite and UFC champion. O'Malley's combination of his unique look, social media output and success in the ring has made him a UFC favorite. O’Malley said on social media that he was withdrawing from his fight against Jose Quiñonez on October 6, 2018 at UFC 229 after failing a drugs test. A couple of face tats, a couple colorful hairs and boom.”To pair with that, his social media activity differs widely from the traditional content seen from his contemporaries. He explains that he’s always been the “class clown, goofy kid” and that he sought a way of turning that into something more tangible through social media.

Persons: Sean O’Malley, O’Malley, “ Suga, Johnny Aho, ” O’Malley, Georgia’s Merab Dvalishvili, Chris Unger, Jose Quiñonez, ”, ” USADA, Marlon Vera, O’Malley’s, Tim Welch, Welch, Pedro Munhoz, Petr Yan, Aljamain Sterling, “, Vera, Paul Rutherford, Spencer Kyte, Alexander Volkanovski, Stephen ‘ Wonderboy ’ Thompson, O'Malley, Megan Briggs, Suga ”, MMXXIII, ’ ”, ’ “, he’s Organizations: CNN, UFC, CNN Sport, Doping Agency, Fighting, Ecuadorian, YouTube, Getty Locations: Helena , Montana, U.S, Miami , Florida

☆ Investigator backs global anti-doping officials’ handling of Chinese swimmers case
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

An investigator has backed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of a case involving 23 Chinese swimmers who failed drug tests weeks before the Tokyo Games and said WADA had not been complacent nor shown bias toward China. Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier, who was handpicked by the global anti-doping agency, said in a preliminary report in July that WADA did not mishandle the case involving the swimmers, who tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) but were cleared by a Chinese investigation. Cottier reiterated those findings in his final report on Thursday but also criticized WADA for failing to challenge Chinese anti-doping authorities (CHINADA) for not following all of the procedures laid down in its anti-doping standard. The case prompted a backlash from athletes and national anti-doping authorities, who questioned WADA’s processes and complained about a lack of transparency in the case. “The ongoing failure to investigate and to answer the critical question of whether the 23 positive tests were due to contamination or intentional use will haunt athletes around the world for years to come.”

Persons: WADA, Eric Cottier, Cottier, ” Cottier, ” CHINADA, Olivier Niggli, ” Travis Tygart, ” Organizations: Tokyo Games, TMZ, U.S, Doping Authority Locations: China, Swiss

☆ China celebrates historic Olympic gold medal tie with US after neck and neck battle
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Nectar Gan | Hassan Tayier | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

China has become one of the world’s most competitive sporting nations in recent decades, seeing its Olympic performance as a symbol of national strength. In 2008, it topped the gold medal table at the Beijing Games, surpassing the US for the first time. In Paris, the Chinese team appeared on course to top the medal table as it built up a sizable early lead over Team USA, thanks to its domination in shooting and diving. On microblogging site Weibo, the hashtag “China tied for first place on the gold medal leaderboard” became the top trending topic, racking up more than 500 million views. “We won every gold medal square and fair!” said a top comment with over 28,000 likes.

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PARIS — Everywhere you looked at the 2024 Paris Games, Americans dominated. On the final day of the Games, China is leading Team USA in the medal table, with 39 golds to America’s 38. Its two golds here included the 4x100-meter medley, the first time in Olympic history that anyone had beaten the U.S. Though Russia, a longtime dominant force in the sport, was excluded from these Games, China still achieved a score that far outstripped any competitors. China has also been quick to embrace some of the newer Olympic sports including sport climbing, skateboarding, surfing and breaking.

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☆ Pan Zhanle: China’s internet explodes with pride at ending US swimming 4x100m medley relay reign
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-05 | by ( Nectar Gan | Hassan Tayier | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

This is China’s second gold in swimming at the Paris Olympics, following Pan’s record-setting win last Wednesday. In China, many social media users saw the Chinese swim team’s historic win in the relay as a resounding vindication. The hashtag “Pan Zhanle’s stunning reversal” racked up more than 500 million views, as did another hashtag about the relay gold medal. Pan, who turned 20 on Sunday, called the team gold medal his birthday present. The Chinese swim team is always the best!”Pan also won fans for his confidence and candidness.

Persons: Pan Zhanle, Pan, WADA, –, “, ”, Pan’s, Christian Liewig, Brett Hawke, Adam Peaty, we’ve, I’ve, ” Peaty, you’ve Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Olympics, Team USA, Paris, Tokyo, China’s, Doping Agency, Tokyo Games, New York Times, ARD, Paris Olympics, Australian Olympic, British, Reuters Locations: China, Hong Kong, States, Beijing, Weibo, Paris, Australian

☆ China snaps U.S. men’s streak in Olympic medley relay, closing swim slate full of questions with second gold
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-04 | by ( Lauren Merola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Pan won the other gold by setting a world record in the 100-meter free Wednesday. China won 12 swimming medals in Paris, doubling its tally from Tokyo, though finishing with one fewer gold. Some of the athletes who tested positive went on to medal in Tokyo. Who knows?”AdvertisementThe Chinese swimmers were not shielded from the questions. Pan, the two-time gold medalist, was not one of the 23 swimmers who tested positive before Tokyo.

Persons: Pan Zhanle, Pan, WADA, Katie Ledecky, ” Ledecky, that’s, there’s, Adam Peaty, we’ve, ”, “, Kyle Chalmers, Chalmers, “ I’m, ” Chalmers, Zhang Yufei, they’ve, Adam Pretty Organizations: China, Tokyo Games, France, The New York Times, ARD, Tokyo, Doping Agency, Associated Press, Guardian, TMZ, Games, AP, New York Times Locations: United States, China, Great Britain, Paris, Tokyo, German, —, Shanghai

☆ 10 biggest stories of the first week of the 2024 Summer Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

The 2024 Summer Olympics are heading into their second weekend, and it’s truly been one for the history books. Turkey's Yusuf Dikec competes in the shooting 10m air pistol mixed team gold medal match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 30, 2024. Aleksandra Szmigiel/ReutersFrench athletes wave flags as they sail in a boat on the river Seine during the opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty ImagesFrance's Anthony Jeanjean competes in the Men's Cycling BMX Freestyle Park Final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, on July 31, 2024. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty ImagesVisitors take pictures of the Olympic cauldron as it rises high after sunse on day two of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France.

Persons: it’s, Simone Biles ’, Léon, Simone Biles, Naomi Baker, she’s, Biles, Read, Léon Marchand, Gold, Leon Marchand, Quinn Rooney, he’s, Marchand, “, ”, Philippe Katerine, Dionysus, Katerine, ” Katerine, Anne, Christine Poujoulat, drenching, Cassandre Beaugrand, Alex Yee, New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde, Wilde, Yee, Novak, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Lorenzo Musetti, Clive Brunskill, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, Serena Williams, Djokovic, Nadal, Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, Ilona Maher, Maher, Andy Murray, Murray, American’s Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Dan Evans, Andy Murray’s, Kim Yeji, Charles McQuillan, there’s Yusuf Dikeç, Kim, Turkey's Yusuf Dikec, Alain Jocard, Dikeç, Imane Khelif, Angela Carini, dislodging, Carini, Mark Adams, ” Khelif, WADA, CHINADA –, Aleksandra Szmigiel, Franck Fife, Yoshimura Miho, Rwanda's Tufaha, Fabrice Coffrini, France's Anthony Jeanjean, Emmanuel Dunand, Maja Hitij, Amy Woodyatt, Patrick Sung, Gul Tuysuz, Jessie Yeung, Saskya Vandoorne, Ben Church, George Ramsay, Scottie Andrew, Chris Liakos, Simone McCarthy, Andrew McNicol, Kara Fox Organizations: Paris CNN, Paris Olympics, Olympic, Team United, Olympic Games, Bercy Arena, USA, Team France, Paris La Defense, La Défense, Games, CNN, Catholic, French Catholic Church, Paris, Getty, Wimbledon, US, rugby, Team USA, Australia, tennis Shooters, Team Republic of, Chateauroux Shooting, Olympic Committee, Tokyo, China’s, Doping Agency, Tokyo Games, Eiffel, Reuters, Palais Locations: Paris, France, Tokyo, Nanterre, French, AFP, Seine, New, Italy, Los Angeles, Team Republic of Korea, Chateauroux, South Korea, Turkey, Turkish, Beijing

The team has been under a cloud of suspicion since The New York Times reported in April that 23 swimmers tested positive for a banned heart drug before the 2021 Tokyo Games. The issue has also prompted a diplomatic spat between the U.S. on one side and China, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on the other. "Chinese swimmers are clean and have never feared testing," the spokesperson said. Adam Pretty / Getty ImagesThe impact of testing aside, Chinese swimmers are also worried the situation could affect their once-friendly exchanges with foreign competitors. "No matter how much World Aquatics tried to mess with the Chinese athletes’ mindset before, they still broke the world record!"

Persons: Zhanle, Pan Zhanle, Jonathan Nackstrand, Catherine Ordway, Pan, Adam Pretty, China’s, Ordway, WADA, Witold Banka, Sen, Marsha Blackburn, Erriyon Knighton, commenter, Pan’s, I’m Organizations: Olympics, Paris Olympics, Getty, New York Times, Doping Agency, Paris Games, U.S, International Olympic Committee, NBC News, Aquatics, NBC, International Testing Agency, University of Canberra, FBI, Justice Department, White House, Times, The, ’ Commission, Olympic, Games Locations: HONG KONG, China, AFP, Paris, France, Russia, Sochi, U.S, Australian, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, Weibo

☆ China doping controversy casts a shadow over Olympic swimming
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | Andrew Mcnicol | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The global sports doping watchdog World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accepted the assessment without an appeal. Concern only deepened Tuesday, after WADA acknowledged a separate 2022 case in which two Chinese swimmers tested positive for “trace amounts of a prohibited substance metandienone,” a banned anabolic steroid. “I feel so wronged,” said Zhang, denying that Chinese swimmers engaged in doping. The 2022 case, reported by the Times earlier this week, involves a swimmer on the Chinese roster in Paris, according to the paper. Personally, I believe that seven doping tests in one day might have disrupted our Chinese swimming team,” Gao wrote on Weibo.

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☆ A Chinese Olympic swimmer failed a doping test, but was given a pass after it got blamed on hamburgers: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

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.

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

The global antidoping regulator disclosed on Tuesday that it is investigating why athletes in China and other countries who are testing positive for banned drugs are escaping discipline through claims that they have unwittingly ingested the performance-enhancing substances through food. The statement from the World Anti-Doping Agency came after The New York Times reported earlier on Tuesday on a previously undisclosed case in which two elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a powerful steroid in 2022 were cleared late last year after their country’s antidoping authority blamed contaminated hamburgers. It was the third incident in recent years in which China blamed food contamination for positive tests among members of its national swimming team. In its statement on Tuesday, the World Anti-Doping Agency, known as WADA, revealed that at the same time it was looking into how the two swimmers had tested positive, it was also examining the previously undisclosed cases of two other Chinese athletes in different sports — shooting and BMX bike riding — who tested positive in early 2023 for trace amounts of the same banned drug, metandienone.

Persons: WADA Organizations: Doping Agency, The New York Times Locations: China

☆ Five things to watch from the swimming competition at this year’s Olympic Games
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Paris CNN —The first week of the Olympics and with it comes one of the Games’ signature events: Swimming. Here are five things to watch from this year’s swimming competition in Paris. The back-and-forth will take on new life as Aussie and American swimmers take to the pool and compete to take home the most medals. Bronte Campbell, swimming on the Australian’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay team, told reporters: “I really respect our American competitors. “So that was a really, really special event tonight.”

Persons: Paris CNN —, Katie Ledecky, Jean Catuffe, Ledecky, She’ll, She’s, hasn’t, she’s, Titmus, Ledecky’s, Summer McIntosh, Rob Koehler, ”, “, ” CHINADA, Witold Bańka, Caeleb Dressel, ” Dressel, Cate Campbell –, Michael Phelps, Phelps, Campbell, “ It’s, ” Campbell, I’ve, Ian Thorpe of, Chad le Clos, …, ” Phelps, USA’s, Phelps ’, Bronte Campbell, ” Leon Marchand, Leon Marchand, Sarah Stier, Marchand, It’s, Dressel, he’s Organizations: Paris CNN, Team USA, Olympic Games, Paris La Defense, La Défense, New York Times, Tokyo Olympics, Global, CNN, Tokyo, Doping Agency, CHINADA, NBC, USA, Team France, Olympic Locations: Paris, Nanterre, France, Tokyo, La, American, USA, Australian, Ian Thorpe of Australia, South Africa

☆ The great America-Australia relay rivalry gets another worthy chapter in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

That was in 2000 in Sydney in the men’s 4×100, at a time when the American men were untouchable at the distance. Australia’s Michael Klim plays lead guitar while Ian Thorpe, right, looks on after the Australians beat the U.S. in the 4×100 freestyle relay in Sydney in 2000. The Chinese men led early but faded. Far and away the dominant swimming nation, American men won the 4×100 freestyle from 1964 until the air guitar incident in 2000. American women won it 14 times from 1924 to 2000.

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☆ Salt Lake City to host 2034 Winter Games while French Alps get tentative 2030 nod
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( David K. Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach with Salt Lake City Utah delegation members after it was announced that Salt Lake City Utah will be the location for the 2034 Winter Olympics. PARIS — The Winter Games will make a return visit to Salt Lake City in 2034 while the 2030 Olympics were tentatively set for the French Alps, officials said Wednesday. "The last 10 days of my life were totally unexpected," Fraser Bullock, head of the Salt Lake City bid, told NBC affiliate KSL minutes after the vote for Salt Lake City. But with an 83-6 vote for Salt Lake City to host, Bullock said he believes the IOC has total confidence in 2034 organizers. The naming of Salt Lake City and French Alps as the next two winter sites had been in the works for months, with only moderate concerns rooted in France's snap elections.

Persons: Thomas Bach, PARIS —, Spencer Cox, Erin Mendenhall, Peacock, Fraser Bullock, Bullock, Utahans, Kaitlin Eskelson, it's, Emmanuel Macron Organizations: Olympic, Utah Gov, Olympic Committee, Winter, IOC, Doping Agency, U.S, NBC, KSL, Washington, Eccles, University of Utah, United Locations: Salt Lake City Utah, PARIS, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Paris, Tokyo, Utah, Rice, United States, Lake Placid, Squaw, France, Chamonix, Grenoble, Albertville, French

☆ Warning signs blinking over swimmers’ anger at alleged Chinese doping scandal ahead of Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Eleven of those Chinese swimmers are due to compete again in Paris, and many of their rivals are preparing to go against them with a sense of bitter resignation. Rob Koehler, director of international sports advocacy group Global Athlete, told CNN that they are already anticipating the worst. In a statement, WADA stood by its previous decision-making and said an independent prosecutor had confirmed that its conclusions were reasonable. He said athletes feel as though World Aquatics and the World Anti-Doping Agency have failed them and that nobody outside of the sport is paying attention. While none of those swimmers want to publicly comment on the situation ahead of the Games, Koehler believes that they will publicly protest if any one of the 11 Chinese athletes win a medal.

Persons: Rob Koehler, ”, “, ” CHINADA, Witold Bańka, WADA, “ WADA, Travis Tygart, Michal Phelps, Allison Schmitt, Koehler, Australia’s Mack Horton, Sun Yang, “ CHINADA, ” Koehler Organizations: CNN, Olympic, New York Times, Tokyo Olympics, Global, Tokyo, Doping Agency, CHINADA, ” CNN, Agency, US Justice Department, Games, Aquatics, International Olympic, Service Locations: Paris, United States, American, China

☆ HYROX: These two women are at the forefront of a ‘body-breaking’ fitness race with Olympic aspirations
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Despite admitting to some errors during her first race, Jacoby delivered an impressive time in New York. Despite somewhat stumbling upon HYROX, Jacoby had unknowingly been preparing for the sport for years. It’s repetitive.”Despite being in gladiator-like shape, even Jacoby struggles to describe what a HYROX race feels like. That’s the key to HYROX.”The 70-year-old athlete from England is a HYROX world champion in her age group. “To be an Olympic athlete is the absolute highest level you could ever reach.”

Persons: CNN —, HYROX, sandbag lunges, Meg Jacoby Meg Jacoby, Lauren Weeks, Jacoby, “, ” Jacoby, Hyrox Jacoby, Rich Ryan, –, ” “, I’m, Gran, Celia Duff, ” Duff, Duff, Hyrox, ” Duff isn’t, ”, “ I’m, Christian Toetzke, Moritz Fürste, Fürste, Curt Maggitt, John Terry Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, New York, New York ., American, “, HYROX, Covid, NFL, Doping Agency Locations: Nice, France, New York, Chicago, London, Glasgow, Manchester, England

☆ World Aquatics confirms US government has opened criminal investigation into doping case involving Chinese swimmers: AP
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

China’s anti-doping agency has said the 23 athletes tested positive for an “extremely low concentration” of trimetazidine at a national swimming competition in 2021. Trimetazidine has the potential to boost endurance and has been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) since 2014. “We can’t comment on the reported federal law enforcement investigation,” Travis Tygart, the CEO of the US Anti-Doping Agency, said in a statement to CNN Thursday. World Aquatics Executive Director Brent Nowicki attends a news conference during the 20th World Aquatics Championships at the Marine Messe in Fukuoka, Japan, on July 13, 2023. CNN has reached out to World Aquatics, the Department of Justice and WADA for comment on the news about the investigation.

Persons: CNN —, Brent Nowicki, Nowicki, ”, Trimetazidine, WADA, ” Travis Tygart, ” Tygart, Tygart, Witold Bańka, “, …, ” WADA Organizations: CNN, CNN — Swimming’s, Associated Press, The New York Times, ARD, Doping Agency, House, FBI, Justice Department, Aquatics, Marine Messe, Mondadori, CHINADA, Tokyo Games, Department of Justice Locations: Tokyo, trimetazidine, China, United States, Fukuoka, Japan

☆ U.S. Swimming Stars Assail Antidoping Agency Ahead of Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Jenny Vrentas | Michael S. Schmidt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two of America’s most decorated Olympic swimmers will ask Congress on Tuesday to hold the global antidoping agency accountable for failing to properly police allegations of cheating by elite Chinese athletes. In testimony prepared for delivery on Tuesday night to a House subcommittee, Michael Phelps, the 23-time Olympic gold medalist, and Allison Schmitt, a four-time Olympic gold medalist, urged Congress to push for reforms of the World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA. They said the uncertainty about whether Chinese swimmers have been using banned substances is deeply unfair to competitors heading into the Summer Games next month in Paris. The hearing comes two months after The New York Times reported that the Chinese antidoping authorities and WADA had declined to discipline 23 elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned drug in early 2021, paving their way to compete at the Games held in Tokyo that summer. Chinese authorities said the positive tests were the result of unwitting contamination of the swimmers and involved tiny amounts of the banned substance, a finding that WADA accepted but that many antidoping experts have questioned.

Persons: Michael Phelps, Allison Schmitt, WADA Organizations: Doping Agency, Summer Games, New York Times, Games Locations: Paris, Tokyo

☆ Michael Phelps rips World Anti-Doping Agency for inconsistent enforcement of rules: ‘We need to hold them accountable’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Washington CNN —Legendary Olympian Michael Phelps on Tuesday ripped the World Anti-Doping Agency and described an inconsistent application of anti-doping rules that is driving frustration among clean athletes and concerns over the future of fair competition. US Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart also testified. Why were Chinese athletes treated differently than athletes from other countries? Three years later, news surfaced that some Chinese athletes on that team were not subjected to the same anti-doping rules, casting doubt on the fairness of the competition. Former Olympians Michael Phelps, left, and Allison Schmitt, right, and US Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart testify on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2024.

Persons: Michael Phelps, Phelps, Allison Schmitt, ” Phelps, WADA, ”, “, Schmitt, ” WADA, Travis Tygart, Tygart, CHINADA, Trimetazidine, Witold Bańka, …, Bańka, “ WADA, ” Bańka, Morgan Griffith, Virginia –, Griffith, they’re, Kathy Castor of, ” Tygart, WADA Schmitt, Jim Watson, CNN’s Amy Woodyatt, George Ramsay, Haley Talbot Organizations: Washington CNN, Doping Agency, House Energy, The New York Times, ARD, Department of Justice, International Olympic Committee, Tokyo Games, CHINADA, Olympic Games, ”, WADA Lawmakers, Republican, Democrat, People’s, Getty, month’s Locations: Russia, China, trimetazidine, U.S, Paris, Kathy Castor of Florida, People’s Republic of China, AFP

☆ Erriyon Knighton: US sprinter cleared for Paris Olympics following failed drug test
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —United States sprinter Erriyon Knighton has been cleared to compete at the Olympic Games after an independent arbitrator determined his failed drug test was “more likely than not” caused by contaminated meat. Knighton, the 2023 World Championship 200m silver medalist, tested positive for a metabolite of trenbolone during an out-of-competition drug test on March 26 and was provisionally suspended on April 12, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said in a statement. CNN has reached out to Knighton via the US Olympic Team for comment on the decision. “We did what the rules require us to do in all positive cases,” USADA CEO Travis Tygart said in the statement. Knighton became the youngest American since Jim Ryun in 1964 to make a US Olympic team when he qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, according to AP, eventually finishing fourth in the 200m.

Persons: Erriyon Knighton, “, ”, Travis Tygart, USADA, Knighton, Jim Ryun Organizations: CNN, United, Olympic Games, Doping Agency, US, US Olympic, Olympic, Tokyo, AP Locations: Knighton, Oregon, United States

☆ Doping Regulator Knew of Previous Positive Tests by Chinese Swimmers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Michael S. Schmidt | Tariq Panja | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After the revelation in April that 23 elite Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned substance months before the last Summer Olympic Games, China and the global antidoping authority vigorously defended their decisions to allow them to compete in the Games in 2021. The swimmers, they insisted, had not been doping. In both instances, China claimed that the swimmers had unwittingly ingested the banned substances, an explanation viewed with considerable skepticism by some antidoping experts. The three Chinese athletes revealed to have tested positive earlier, in 2016 and 2017, were no ordinary swimmers: Two would go on to win gold medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, and the third is now a world-record holder. All three are expected to contend for medals again at the Paris Games in July.

Organizations: Games, The New York Times, Doping Agency, Tokyo Olympic Games, Paris Games Locations: China

☆ Thiago Braz: Olympic gold medalist handed 16-month doping ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Brazilian Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Thiago Braz is set to miss the upcoming Games in Paris after he was handed a 16-month doping suspension. According to the AIU, Braz argued that he did not knowingly consume ostarine but ingested it through a supplement he had been given by a sports nutritionist to improve his health. Braz, a two-time Olympic medalist, had been hopeful of competing in Paris this year. “After two days of hearings in London, the athlete’s defense arguments prevailed, proving that Thiago Braz was actually a victim of supplement contamination (an unintentional violation with no significant fault),” said Braz’s lawyer Marcelo Franklin. Braz won Olympic gold in Rio after a tense battle against France’s Renaud Lavillenie, who was the pole vault world record holder at the time.

Persons: Thiago Braz, Braz, AIU, Paul Gilham, “, Brett Clothier, Mr Braz, ”, Marcelo Franklin, France’s Renaud Lavillenie Organizations: CNN, Integrity Unit, Sport, CNN Sport, Olympic, Games Locations: Paris, Switzerland, Brazil, London, Rio, Brazilian, Tokyo

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