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'Doping a part of sport': Meares keeps faith in WADA

Australia's Olympic Team boss Anna Meares says she remains confident in the World Anti-Doping Agency in the wake of the Chinese swimming controversy.

AAP · Jul 10, 2024

WADA Investigator Backs Handling Of Chinese Swimmers' Doping Case

Investigation supports WADA's actions in Chinese swimmers' doping case; no favoritism found. Critics question investigation's reliability.

Top News · Jul 9, 2024

WADA made reasonable decision in China doping case despite doubts of its own scientist, probe says

An investigator backed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of a doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers, while also publishing notes indicating WADA’s own science director doubted China’s explanation that the athletes had been subject to contamination

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2024

Want to follow swimming in Paris? Then get up to speed on WADA, doping, China and trimetazidine

The Paris Olympics open next month and the agency that oversees doping enforcement is under scrutiny following allegations it failed to pursue positive tests of Chinese swimmers who won medals — including three gold — at the Tokyo Games in 2021

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024

Michael Phelps says athletes have lost faith in WADA over Chinese doping scandal

Phelps and fellow Olympian Allison Schmitt gave evidence in Washington DC on Tuesday evening.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 26, 2024

The Chinese swimming doping scandal casting doubt at the Paris Olympics

The row has rocked swimming in 2024 with the likes of Adam Peaty and Michael Phelps voicing their concern about a lack of faith among athletes entering the Paris Olympics

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator

Two former U.S. Olympic gold medalists say they've lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2024

Watch: Michael Phelps testifies on anti-doping measures ahead of Olympics

Watch as Michael Phelps testifies on Tuesday, 25 June, to a US House of Representatives subcommittee investigating a doping case involving Chinese swimmers ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2024

Olympians implore Congress to act on doping as games approach - Roll Call

Hearing comes seven years after Phelps and head of U.S. Anti-Doping Agency testified about failures from the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Roll Call · Jun 25, 2024

‘I want to see 60-year-olds breaking world records’: Welcome to the Olympics with NO drug testing

Seb Coe says ‘it’s a joke, unfair, and unsafe’. The head of US anti-doping calls it ‘a dangerous clown show’. Lawrence Ostlere talks to Dr Aron D’Souza, the Australian lawyer who wants to launch the Enhanced Games, a controversial Olympic-style mega-event in which doping is not just allowed but actively…

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024