China Blames Poor Olympic Swimming Result on Getting Caught Doping in 2021
Chinese government owned Global Times The paper on Tuesday blamed swimmer Zhang Yufei’s poor performance in the race for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics on “crazy slander” and a “media war” against the athlete after her positive doping test in 2021. Zhang Competed She won the bronze medal in the women’s 100-meter butterfly on Sunday, […]
We can’t let another doping scandal sideline the Olympic Games
of 2024 Paris Summer Olympics Arrived. Approx. 10,500 athletes from 206 countries With over 320 events to compete in, each athlete is given the opportunity to showcase their abilities, represent their country with pride and some even become Olympic champions. However, the past drug doping history of some athletes casts a shadow of uncertainty over […]
Olympics Overlords Threaten 2034 Utah Winter Games if U.S. Doesn’t Drop Chinese Doping Concerns
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has effectively discouraged the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and Utah state officials from questioning the legitimacy of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) investigations into Chinese athletes, National Public Radio (NPR) reported. report on wednesday. The IOC Announced Salt Lake City, Utah, announced Wednesday that it will host […]
Katie Ledecky speaks out on China swimming doping scandal, hopes for ‘clean’ Olympics
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers have been allowed to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, used as a heart medication. But the World Anti-Doping Agency said the athletes’ positive tests were the result of “accidental exposure to the substance through contamination”, a claim initially made by the China Doping […]
Katie Ledecky sounds off on Chinese doping scandal before Olympics
One of America’s most decorated Olympians wants to ensure everything is played fairly in Paris. On Thursday, swimmer Katie Ledecky spoke openly about competing against Chinese swimmers who may have been taking the banned drug trimetazidine (TMZ). “I hope that everyone in Paris will play a clean game this week.” Ledecky said. “But what really […]
Former Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb given four-year ban for doping positive | Wales rugby union team
Former Wales scrum-half Reece Webb has been banned for four years after testing positive for a banned substance, the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) has confirmed. The 35-year-old Webb, who joined French club Biarritz last year, was provisionally suspended in July last year after testing positive for a growth hormone. Webb maintains his innocence but analysis […]