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Poison in the pool: why the latest Chinese doping row is proving so toxic
Vocal swimmers are the tip of a wave as the sport grapples with trust issues over anti-doping in the run-up to Paris 2024It has been a week since the New York Times and the German TV channel ARD broke the news that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for trace amounts of the banned performance-enhancing drug trimetazidine (TMZ) in the run-up to the last Olympic Games, and public ripples we have seen since are only the visible tip of a wave of feeling running through the sport.The larger part...
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Aquatics GB ‘extremely concerned’ by Chinese swimmers doping row
Governing body joins chorus of criticism over secret positives‘Potential loss of trust and reputational damage is significant’Aquatics GB, the governing body of British swimming, has said it is “extremely concerned” by the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance but were allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics.On Monday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) defended its actions in the affair, saying it “would do exactly the same thing” if it faced such an issue...
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Chinese swimmers head to Paris Olympics under a cloud amid row over handling of drugs tests
By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — A dispute over the handling of a 2021 case in which 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics now threatens to overshadow swimming events at the Paris Games this summer. A New York Times report released in coordination with German public broadcaster