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SHOCKING: Row erupts between usada and wada after chinese swimmers are cleared - You Need To See This

James Fitzgerald, Head of Media Relations, and Witold Banka, President of Wada, World Anti-Doping Agency, Olivier Niggli, Director General, and Darren Mullaly, independent observer, attend at a press conference during day one of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Wada have been accused by Usada of presiding over a failed anti-doping system. Photograph: Maxim Thore/BILDBYRÅN/Shutterstock

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and US Anti-Doping (Usada) are at loggerheads again after fresh reports that more Chinese athletes – one of whom is swimming at the Paris Olympics – have been cleared using a contaminated meat defence.

In a separate incident to the doping inquiry involving 23 Chinese swimmers that emerged in April, the New York Times reported that Tang Muhan and He Junyi both tested positive after eating French fries, Coca-Cola and hamburgers at a Beijing restaurant in October 2022.

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