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Olympic swimmers speak out about Chinese doping; and Britain's Adam Peaty says they should be out

Chinese doping scandal that has hung over these Paris Olympics as the events finished Sunday night.

China won the men’s 4x100-meter medley relay in 3 minutes, 27.46 seconds, with two of the four members on the team listed among 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive ahead of the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. The swimmers were allowed to compete after a Chinese investigation ruled that they consumed food that had been contaminated.

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The New York Times reported last week that two more Chinese swimmers had tested positive, including one 2024 Olympian, for a banned substance in 2022 but were cleared by Chinese officials to compete.

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The World Anti-Doping Agency stood by its decision to clear the 23 swimmers who tested positive for a banned heart medication.

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FlyingSquid ,
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If only people were upset about this rather than a “man” winning at women’s boxing.

Corkyskog ,

They are upset enough to write an article

FlyingSquid ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

I wasn’t talking about the AP. I was talking about how this has 7 comments despite being up for 2 hours while there are other threads with dozens of people complaining about how a “man” is boxing women at the Olympics.

SGGeorwell ,

China commits fraud up and down its entire economy. Then they give excuses so stupid that they insult everyone’s intelligence. “Oh the athletes’ food was tainted with steroids, whoopsie daisy.” I mean Jesus fuckin Christ. China has earned its reputation for wide-scale fraud. I don’t trust anything they produce.

palordrolap ,

[...] two more Chinese swimmers had tested positive [...] but were cleared by Chinese officials

Ah, the old "we've investigated ourselves and found no wrong-doing"

At least try "we hired an outside agency, totally didn't bribe them, and they found no wrong-doing", or better yet "we totally didn't bribe the independent third party hired by someone else, and they found no wrong-doing".

But I suppose I should be glad it wasn't "we totally didn't aim veiled threats at someone's family and livelihood, etc."

Cyberjin ,

You forgot “It wasn’t us, someone else did it to us”

China blamed Australian beef, which apparently contains “Menthandienone” 🙄

kevindqc ,

Was it?

The contamination was accepted to have come from spice containers in the kitchen of a hotel where some of the Chinese team stayed for a national meet in January 2021

BackOnMyBS ,
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Espionage has really gotten ridiculous. Either these swimmers were assisted with doping by their governments and people inside of the WADA, or they’re being sabotaged by Americans. I have no other explanation for how 23 swimmers could have popped as positive for doping by their own country’s organization, then cleared by international ones. Something is fucky. The shit winds are blowin, Randy Bobandy 👴🥃

voluble ,

Theoretical question - would it be possible to get so gassed up that if you peed in the pool you’d make everyone else test positive?

EtherWhack ,
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Meanwhile Sha’Carri (US running) was DQ’d previously for having THC in her system. Still trying to wrap my head around how pot can help you run faster.

They weren’t concerned about CBD or anything else, just the psychoactive THC.

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