At least three of the 23 Chinese swimmers were not made aware they tested positive in early 2021, sources indicate.
WADA President Witold Banka declined to attend the Congressional hearing in Washington on Tuesday, but didn’t hold back in responding one day later.
CAS released their operative award in Tokyo Olympian Michael Brinegar’s case, reversing a December 2023 decision that cleared him and banning him 4 years.
Phelps urged Congress to implement change to the World Anti-Doping Agency, accusing it of having “deeply rooted systemic problems.”
Michael Brinegar received a four year ban one day before 1500 free prelims at Trials after CAS’s upheld the USADA’s findings of blood doping.
WADA president Witold Banka (pictured left) has declined an invitation to testify at Tuesday’s Congressional subcommittee hearing on the anti-doping system.
The most decorated Olympian ever, 28-time medalist Michael Phelps will testify Tuesday at a House of Representatives Subcommittee hearing on anti-doping.
Australian head coach Rohan Taylor recently spoke to the media about the Chinese doping scandal involving 23 swimmers testing positive before the Tokyo Games.