World Anti-Doping Agency stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers before 2021 Tokyo Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency has said it stands by its decision to clear more than 20 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned heart medication before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Read More

Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive for Banned Drug, Then Won Olympic Gold

The case, involving multiple swimmers who seven months later won medals at the 2021 Games, prompted accusations of a cover-up and concerns over why antidoping regulators chose not to intervene. Read More

World Anti-Doping Agency defends handling of elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned drug

Global sport’s anti-doping watchdog has slammed as “outrageous” and “completely false” allegations that it mishandled a 2021 case in which more than 20 elite Chinese swimmers tested positive for a ... Read More

Group of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive in 2021 were cleared, WADA says

WADA accepted that Chinese anti-doping authorities said positive drug tests for swimmers were the result of contamination. Read More

WADA says 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive before Tokyo Olympics but it accepted contamination finding

The World Anti-Doping Agency accepted China's findings that 23 swimmers tested positive for a banned drug due to substance contamination. Read More

Commentary: World anti-doping body has a strong defence in Chinese swimming scandal, but narrative of ‘cover-up’ remains

Putting the words “China” and “doping” together is a lightning rod in the current political climate, given the intense rivalry between China and the US, say these academics. Read More

Chinese doping case sparks unusually harsh spat between global and US drug-fighting agencies

Revelations of positive doping tests for nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers that went unpunished sparked an intense flurry of accusations and legal threats between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the ... Read More

'Ban them all.' With Paris Games looming, Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic sport

The World Anti-Doping Agency acknowledges it knew of doping concerns involving 23 Chinese swimmers before the 2021 Tokyo Games but failed to alert others. Some of those swimmers later won gold medals. Read More

Chinese generosity in lead-up to cleared doping tests reflects its growing influence on WADA

In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that country’s government contributed nearly $2 million in additional funding to WADA programs, ... Read More

Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete at Tokyo Olympics despite positive doping tests: Reports

SYDNEY — Two newspapers reported that 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because world governing bodies agreed ... Read More

A Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic swimming and clean sport

A dozen Chinese swimmers who competed at the Tokyo Olympics, including gold medalists, tested positive for a banned substance eight months prior but were never punished. Read More

WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics, citing contaminated samples

The World Anti-Doping Agency said after reviewing various media reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned heart medication before the 2021 ... Read More