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Chinese swimmers at Paris Olympics deny doping accusations as diplomatic row grows [View all]
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/28/nx-s1-5054000/chinese-swimmers-paris-olympics-doping("Audio will be available later today." )
Chinese swimmers at Paris Olympics deny doping accusations as diplomatic row grows
JULY 28, 2024 7:37 AM ET
HEARD ON WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY
Brian Mann
NANTERRE, France — Standing in a scrum of reporters Saturday night, after competing in the Olympic 400 meter freestyle final, China's Fei Liwei shrugged off questions about the doping scandal that has embroiled his national team.
"Our Chinese government on our team always tells us we have the clean model and the clean results and our results right now are based on hard work and training," Fei said, speaking through an interpreter.
The 21-year-old from Hangzhou is one of 23 elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2021 ahead of the last Summer Games in Tokyo.
[...]
Positive drug tests, kept quiet
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the lead global organization monitoring drug use by athletes, now acknowledges it kept the 2021 results secret and accepted China's explanation that the positive tests were the result of accidental contamination.
[...]
JULY 28, 2024 7:37 AM ET
HEARD ON WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY
Brian Mann
NANTERRE, France — Standing in a scrum of reporters Saturday night, after competing in the Olympic 400 meter freestyle final, China's Fei Liwei shrugged off questions about the doping scandal that has embroiled his national team.
"Our Chinese government on our team always tells us we have the clean model and the clean results and our results right now are based on hard work and training," Fei said, speaking through an interpreter.
The 21-year-old from Hangzhou is one of 23 elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2021 ahead of the last Summer Games in Tokyo.
[...]
Positive drug tests, kept quiet
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the lead global organization monitoring drug use by athletes, now acknowledges it kept the 2021 results secret and accepted China's explanation that the positive tests were the result of accidental contamination.
[...]
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