Olympics: Doping Hammer – China Attacks America

China retaliated in the anti-doping agency controversy during the Olympics and leveled strong accusations against the United States.

The Chinese agency (CHINADA) on Thursday accused its American counterparts at USADA of covering up irregularities and called for more testing of American athletes. “There is reason to believe there is a systemic doping problem in athletics in the United States,” China said.

The Chinese are responding to recent headlines about 23 swimmers from the Middle Kingdom who tested positive ahead of the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo but were not punished. as The New York Times It was announced last week that two more Chinese swimmers, one of whom is scheduled to compete in the Paris Olympics in 2022, tested positive but were released by Chinese authorities.

In the case of 23 people, positive doping tests were explained by contaminated food in a hotel kitchen (just before the Olympics, imported burger meat from Oceania was the problem); .

As a result of these revelations, a heated dispute erupted between USADA and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The Americans accused WADA, led from 2020 by former Polish sports minister Witold Panka and his Chinese vice-president Yang Yang, of a cover-up.

Many athletic representatives were also critical of WADA, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) supported the organization. The conflict is also a power struggle, questioning whether world sport's autonomous and responsible bodies live up to their responsibilities or go too soft on China, a powerful global player, for political reasons.

Now China has struck back, citing “deep-rooted” problems in American athletics and USADA's “repeated disregard for practices and standards.”

With Sports Information Service (SID)