China’s inclusion of 11 swimmers implicated in doping scandal on your team that will go to the Paris Olympic Games It sparked concern in the Olympic world.
For this reason, the great American swimmers Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt They will testify today before a subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives investigating a case of doping by Chinese swimmers before the Paris Olympics.
Olympic gold medalists Phelps and Schmitt, as well as Travis Tygart executive director of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, will testify about anti-doping measures before members of the Republican-controlled House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.
Phelps, with 28 medals to his credit, is the most successful Olympian of all time. Schmitt won 10 medals in four Games. Neither of them will compete in Paris.
Today’s hearing will take place two months after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed reports that 23 Chinese swimmers – 11 of whom are part of the team that will compete in Paris – tested positive for trimetazidine, a banned drug found in heart medications, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The Chinese anti-doping agency, CHINADA, reported that the swimmers had inadvertently exposed themselves due to contamination and should not be held responsible for the positive results. China named all 31 members of its swimming team this month.
WADA said in April it would send a compliance team to evaluate China’s anti-doping program, but prominent swimmers, including seven-time gold medalist Katie Ledecky, who competes in Paris, have continued to express concerns.
Last month, another House committee asked the Justice Department and the International Olympic Committee to investigate before Olympic Games the doping case of Chinese swimmers.
Four members of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, including top Republican John Moolenaar and top Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, wrote to the institutions that China had “inexplicably” provided nearly $2 million more than required. to AMA programs.
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