The Sports Ambassador | Experienced International Journalist, Professorial Fellow, Director
The independent prosecutor, in his interim report into the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of the 23 positive Chinese swimmers in 2021, found ‘no irregularity’, no evidence to suggest interference or meddling, and that the chances of successfully appealing the contamination scenario at the Court of Arbitration for Sport were ‘if not nil, at the very least almost non-existent’. For those who want to be able to quote the actual report rather than the headlines that will come from it, there is a link obtained in the WADA post below. Given the anti China sentiment around this story, there will be few in the media that report the facts as they currently are, and many who will now criticise the interim report from the independent investigator because it has not identified any fault on WADA’s handling of the case. WADA President, Witold Banka, said, “Now that it has been confirmed…there was no impropriety connected to WADA’s handling of the case, the Agency will consider with external legal counsel what measures can be taken against those that have made untrue and potentially defamatory allegations. These allegations have been extremely damaging to WADA’s reputation and to the confidence and trust that athletes and other stakeholders have in the Agency and in the global anti-doping system.” #WADA #doping #antidoping #China #swimming #Olympics #Paris2025 #WorldAquatics https://lnkd.in/gbDy5TmT
