Category: Doping
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A Doping Scandal, a Freak Accident and a Secret Illness: Shayna Jack’s Comeback | Australian Story
When swimmer Shayna Jack tested positive to a banned substance five years ago, her world imploded. Branded a drug cheat, she was expelled from swimming and forced to defend herself at not one, but two hearings against world anti-doping authorities. Shayna was ultimately cleared of intentional doping but after two years away from the pool,…
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China Hits Back at US Over Olympics Doping Controversy | Bloomberg Television
China’s anti-doping agency is calling for “intensified testing” of American athletes, hitting back at the US amid their spat over allegations of performance-enhancing drug use. The dispute between both countries has escalated during the Summer Olympics in Paris, as Minmin Low reports on Bloomberg Television.
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Is The Olympics Clean? Chinese Swim Team Doping Dispute, Explained | ABC News
A series of revelations involving more than two dozen Chinese elite swimmers’ failed doping tests has rocked the sports world, casting a shadow over Pan Zhanle and his teammates’ stellar performances at the Paris Olympics. What really happened? Why were the failed tests kept secret? Is the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) involved in a cover-up…
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British Swimmer Wants ‘Cheating’ Chinese Out Of Paris Olympics Amid Doping Allegations | South China Morning Post
PeatBritish three-time Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty said he wants “cheating” Chinese swimmers knocked out of the sport, and urged the World Anti-Doping Agency to “wake up and do your job”. Peaty made his remarks after China won the 2024 Olympics 4×100 metres medley relay, beating the United States and France. Great Britain finished the…
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Sun Yang Wiped From Olympics History As Bobby Finke Breaks Swimming World Record | news.com.au
At the Paris 2024 Olympics, American swimmer Bobby Finke knocked Sun Yang out of the history books in an epic finish, after smashing his 1500m freestyle event record by 35 hundredths of a second. In the space of a decade, Sun won three Olympic gold medals and became an eleven-time world champion, not to mention…
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British Olympic Swimmer Adam Peaty Says ‘Lack Of Wada Transparency Is Suspicious’ | France 24
Pan Zhanle and stalwart Zhang Yufei spearheaded China to 12 Olympic medals in the Paris pool, shrugging off intense scrutiny over a doping controversy that engulfed the team ahead of the Games. Britain’s three-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty found China’s gold medal-winning success in the 4x100m medley hard to believe, saying on Sunday “there’s no…
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Chinese Olympic Swimmers Doping Scandal: What You Need To Know | Radio Free Asia
China’s Olympic swim team is under scrutiny for alleged steroid use. Several Chinese athletes have tested positive in drug tests prior to the 2024 Olympic games. Chinese authorities blamed the trace amounts of the drugs found in athletes’ systems to food contamination. U.S. media and lawmakers have questioned the World Anti-Doping Agency on the validity…
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2024 Olympics: How To Prevent Use Of Performance-enhancing Drugs? | France 24 English
On Friday, the Afghan judoka Mohammad Samim Faizad was provisionally suspended after failing a doping test for a banned steroid. On the Chinese team, 23 swimmers tested positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Recent media reports revealed they were allowed to compete in those Games without being sanctioned. How to prevent…