{"id":91384,"date":"2024-07-09T20:45:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T20:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/wada-clears-itself-in-chinese-doping-case-but-report-raises-new-questions\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T20:45:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T20:45:14","slug":"wada-clears-itself-in-chinese-doping-case-but-report-raises-new-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/wada-clears-itself-in-chinese-doping-case-but-report-raises-new-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"WADA Clears Itself in Chinese Doping Case, but Report Raises New Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday cleared itself of wrongdoing over its decision not to discipline elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned drug in the lead-up to the previous Summer Olympics, even as new details emerged that raised questions about how it had handled the decision.<\/p>\n

A special prosecutor appointed by the antidoping agency, known as WADA, to review its decision said he had found that the agency made an \u201cindisputably reasonable\u201d decision not to impose penalties on the swimmers, and concluded that the agency had not shown preferential treatment to China.<\/p>\n

But in an annex to his report, the prosecutor noted that two top scientists at the agency said they had difficulty believing China\u2019s claim that the swimmers had been unwittingly contaminated.<\/p>\n

WADA\u2019s decision to clear itself of wrongdoing is unlikely to satisfy antidoping experts and other critics \u2014 particularly those in the United States<\/a> \u2014 who have contended that the investigator, Eric Cottier<\/a>, was handpicked by agency officials and that the doping regulator, along with the Chinese, covered up the positive tests in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n