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Chinese swimming team suspected of covering up doping at 2021 Tokyo Olympics

In order to investigate suspicions that China attempted to cover up the doping tests of the national swimming team ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, U.S. investigative authorities have requested the World Aquatics Federation (formerly known as FINA) to appear as a witness.

The 11 Chinese national team players who were suspected of covering up doping at the time are also scheduled to compete in the Paris Olympics, which opens on the 26th, so attention is being drawn to whether the ripple effect of the sports situation in the United States will also affect the Paris Olympics.

According to the Associated Press on the 4th (local time), World Swimming Federation Director John Brent Nowicki recently received a notice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to appear as a witness in relation to the suspicion of doping cover-up in 2021.

The allegations are based on reports by the Australian and American daily newspapers, the Herald Sun and the New York Times, that 23 Chinese swimming team members tested positive for banned substances in pre-event doping tests but still competed in the Tokyo Olympics.

Trimetazidine, found in urine samples from athletes, has been shown to increase blood flow and improve oxygen supply to the body.

At the time, the Chinese side claimed that the incident occurred because the athletes ate hotel food contaminated with small amounts of the ingredient trimetazidine. 5파워볼사이트

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found no evidence to support these claims and decided to allow the athletes to participate, concluding that they did not intentionally take the drugs.

Many experts have raised issues about this, but the gist of the suspicion is that WADA made a decision that was effectively favorable to China, thereby nullifying the positive drug test results.

Among the Chinese athletes who qualified, Zhang Youfei won gold in the women’s 200m butterfly and freestyle relay, and Wang Shun won gold in the men’s 200m individual medley.

The controversy has resurfaced ahead of the Paris Olympics. Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on Chinese swimming doping and made the issue public, and swimming emperor Michael Phelps, who attended the hearing, also criticized WADA, saying, “WADA did not make a fair judgment.“

The House of Representatives has asked the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate the matter, and the FBI has opened an investigation under a federal law that allows it to investigate alleged doping cases that occur outside the United States.

At the time, the World Aquatics Federation did not raise any objections to the Chinese team’s participation in the Tokyo Olympics, separate from WADA. The FBI is expected to start by summoning the World Aquatics Federation and sequentially investigate whether there were any problems with the doping test results and the overall process of deciding on athlete participation.

The sports world is paying attention to the speed of this investigation, which has begun in earnest by summoning witnesses. If evidence supporting the suspicion of doping cover-up is quickly revealed, it could cause considerable controversy at the Paris Olympics.

The Paris Olympics will feature 11 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned substances at the time but still competed in the competition. WADA maintains its position that “the Chinese swimming team’s participation in the Tokyo Olympics was legal and the allegations of a cover-up were fake news.” 스포츠토토링크