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US Government Opens Criminal Investigation into Chinese Swimmers' Doping Cases

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A recent scandal has emerged involving 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine in January 2021. Despite this, they were allowed to continue competing and 11 of them are set to participate in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accepted that traces of the substance were found in the kitchen, but it is unclear how the swimmers were able to avoid punishment. The International Swimming Federation has ordered its top administrator, Brent Nowicki, to testify as a witness in a US criminal investigation into the matter. The FBI and Justice Department have launched an investigation into how antidoping authorities allowed the elite Chinese swimmers to escape punishment and win medals.

  1. US
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    1. Per our standard practice, the FBI does not confirm nor deny the existence of an investigation.
  2. US
    Travis Tygart
    US Anti-Doping Agency
    1. We can't comment on the reported federal law enforcement investigation.
    2. The Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act was enacted in 2021 with broad athlete, sport, and multinational governmental support because WADA could not be trusted to be a strong, fair global watchdog to protect clean athletes and fair sport.
  3. World Aquatics
    1. World Aquatics can confirm that its executive director, Brent Nowicki, was served with a witness subpoena by the United States government.

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sources

  1. 1.The New York Times
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.ABC News (Australia)
  4. 4.CNN
  5. 5.ABC News
  6. 6.Associated Press
  7. 7.New York Times
  8. 8.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Chinese Foreign Policy
  3. 3.US-China Relations
  4. 4.Olympic Games
  5. 5.Cheating
  6. 6.Doping in sport

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.SwitzerlandCH
  3. 3.ChinaCN
  4. 4.GermanyDE
  5. 5.Russian FederationRU
  6. 6.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Federal Bureau of InvestigationUS
  2. 2.World Anti-Doping Agency
  3. 3.World Aquatics
  4. 4.Court of Arbitration for Sport
  5. 5.International Olympic Committee
  6. 6.Chinese Anti-Doping Agency
  7. 7.US House Select Committee on China
  8. 8.White HouseUS

persons

  1. 1.Brent Nowicki
  2. 2.Jurgen HardtDE
  3. 3.Travis TygartUS
  4. 4.Michael Phelps
  5. 5.Wang Shun
  6. 6.Zhang Yufei
  7. 7.Michael S Schmidt
  8. 8.Rohan Taylor
  9. 9.Tariq Panja
  10. 10.Witold Bańka

technicals

  1. 1.Paris 2024 Olympic Games
  2. 2.Olympic Games
  3. 3.Covid-19 Pandemic
  4. 4.Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act
  5. 5.Tokyo Summer Olympics
  6. 6.Winter Games