Beijing calls reports on 23 Chinese swimmers failed doping test ‘fake news’
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China Calls Swimmer Doping Reports 'Fake News'
Beijing on Monday called reports about 23 Chinese swimmers testing positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 "fake news".The sport was rocked at the weekend by revelations that the swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) -- a prescription heart drug that is banned in athletes because it can enhance performance -- before the Games three years ago.The swimmers were allowed to compete in Tokyo after world governing bodies accepted China's findings that they had...
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Enhanced Games founder calls for 'reform' after Chinese swimmers' PED controversy
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said that 23 Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned substance. The WADA ruled that since the athletes were "inadvertently being exposed to the substance through contamination," a claim initially brought by the Chinese Doping Agency, they were able to compete. This is hardly the first PED scandal to hit the Olympics, which is part of the reason why Dr. Aaron D'Souza founded the "Enhanced Games"...
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Chinese swimmers who competed in Tokyo Olympics failed doping tests ahead of games
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed Saturday, defending the decision to let them compete based on China’s findings they had ingested it unknowingly. The New York Times and German broadcaster ARD reported Saturday that the athletes included nearly half of the […]