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The deputy chairman of the German parliament's sports committee has announced a review of the financing of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the wake of allegations of a cover-up in the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive. The swimmers tested positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine (TMZ) at a domestic competition in Shijiazhuang in early 2021. Chinese officials said the swimmers tested positive due to contamination and reported the case to WADA and swimming governing body World Aquatics (then FINA). WADA confirmed the positive tests, but like FINA said it found ...
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Philip Krämer, stellvertretender Sportausschuss-Vorsitzender des Bundestages, hat im Zuge der Vertuschungsvorwürfe im Fall der 23 positiv getesteten Schwimmer aus China eine Überprüfung der Mitfinanzierung der Welt-Anti-Doping-Agentur Wada durch deutsche Steuergelder angekündigt. Nach den Olympischen Spielen in diesem Sommer in Paris müsse man «grundlegend darüber diskutieren, ob es sinnvoll ist, eine Weiterfinanzierung der Wada vorzunehmen, oder ob es uns eben nicht gelingt, ein alternatives System herausgelöst aus dem organisierten Sport aufzubauen», sagte der Grünen-Politiker der ARD-Doping...
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The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Wednesday called for an independent investigation into the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who failed doping tests ahead of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) published a "frequently asked questions" document outlining its handling of the case on April 29, following wide-ranging outrage after news of the case broke. However, USADA said WADA was "doubling down on half-truths and self-serving rationalizations" in the document. "How much longer must we watch WADA dance around the truth, avoiding all accountability and responsibility?" USA...
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Die Welt-Anti-Doping-Agentur Wada hat einen unabhängigen Staatsanwalt eingesetzt, um die Vertuschungsvorwürfe im Fall der 23 positiv getesteten Schwimmerinnen und Schwimmer aus China zu bewerten. «Die Integrität und der Ruf der Wada» sei angegriffen worden, stellte Wada-Chef Witold Banka in einer Mitteilung fest. Die WADA teilte mit, sie habe den ehemaligen Schweizer Staatsanwalt Eric Cottier gebeten, die Behandlung des Falls zu überprüfen. Die Anti-Doping-Organisation wird außerdem ein «Compliance-Audit-Team» nach China schicken, um «den aktuellen Stand des Anti-Doping-Programms des Landes» z...
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Berlin (dpa) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has found no credible evidence of misconduct in the decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for heart drug trimetazidine (TMZ) in 2021, it said on Monday. WADA was forced to hold an emergency press conference to try to stem the tide of negative headlines after the story first emerged from German broadcaster ARD, the New York Times and Australia's Daily Telegraph. Chinese officials, swimming's governing body and WADA ruled that the 23 had only tested positive due to contamination and the swimmers were able to qualify for the Tokyo Ol...
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Berlin (dpa) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has found no credible evidence of misconduct in the decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for heart drug trimetazidine (TMZ) in 2021, it said on Monday. WADA was forced to hold an emergency press conference to try to stem the tide of negative headlines after the story first emerged from German broadcaster ARD, the New York Times and Australia's Daily Telegraph. Chinese officials, swimming's governing body and WADA ruled that the 23 had only tested positive due to contamination and the swimmers were able to qualify for the Tokyo Ol...
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Berlin (dpa) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has found no credible evidence of misconduct in the decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for heart drug trimetazidine (TMZ) in 2021, it said on Monday. WADA was forced to hold an emergency press conference to try to stem the tide of negative headlines after the story first emerged from German broadcaster ARD, the New York Times and Australia's Daily Telegraph. Chinese officials, swimming's governing body and WADA ruled that the 23 had only tested positive due to contamination and the swimmers were able to qualify for the Tokyo Ol...
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In der Affäre um zahlreiche positive Dopingtests bei chinesischen Top-Schwimmern und den Umgang damit wachsen bei Sportlerinnen und Sportlern Wut und Unverständnis. «Die jüngsten Enthüllungen drohen, saubere Athletinnen und Athleten vollends resignieren zu lassen», sagte Maximilian Klein, Direktor für Sportpolitik bei der Vereinigung Athleten Deutschland. «Kurz vor den Olympischen und Paralympischen Spielen verschärft sich die Glaubwürdigkeitskrise des Weltsports und des Anti-Doping-Kampfs erneut.» Athleten Deutschland forderte von der Welt-Anti-Doping-Agentur die Beantwortung eines umfassende...
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German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser has called for a rigorous investigation after reports that 23 Chinese swimmers failed doping tests ahead of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, where several of them competed after all were cleared. Faeser, who's also responsible for sports, told dpa on Sunday that the reports have shaken confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the global fight against cheating in elite sport. "Just a few months before the Olympic Games, the suspicion the case was ignored or even covered up must be fully investigated as quickly as possible. If there's such a seri...
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German Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser has called for a rigorous investigation after reports that 23 Chinese swimmers failed doping tests ahead of the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, where several of them competed after all were cleared. Faeser, who's also responsible for sports, told dpa on Sunday that the reports have shaken confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the global fight against cheating in elite sport. "Just a few months before the Olympic Games, the suspicion the case was ignored or even covered up must be fully investigated as quickly as possible. If there's such a seri...
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