Australian swimmers join Americans in questioning a system that allowed Chinese to compete in Tokyo after positive tests.
PARIS — If swimming’s global leaders expected the stain of this year’s Chinese doping controversy to fade away once the world’s best swimmers converged forreplied flatly, “No, not really. I don’t think have given us enough evidence to support” that belief.
“I’m a clean athlete, and I’m trying to abide by the rules,” said Stubblety-Cook, 25, the gold medalist in the 200-meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, “and I just hope my competitors do the same.” But while the backlash against WADA and the IOC over the Chinese doping saga has been viewed in some parts of the world as a shrill and moralistic American crusade, Australia’s Stubblety-Cook delivered what was arguably the most powerful statement by an athlete yet over the handling of the case.“It’s obviously disappointing to hear that news and hear about the … athletes testing positive — some multiple times,” he said.
Despite that, he said, he said he likely will defer a decision on whether to make a protest against Qin on the medal stand until the day of their race, the final for which is slated for July 31.Officials from World Aquatics — swimming’s international governing body, which largely has backed WADA’s handling of the Chinese doping case — revealed last week that its athletes have undergone a total of 4,774 pre-Olympics drug tests this year, with no confirmed positives.
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