China’s anti-doping lab ‘got it wrong’
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CHINA’S anti-doping laboratory failed to identify two positive samples in a test by the World Anti-Doping Agency last year, it admitted yesterday, a day after WADA suspended its accreditation just months before the Olympics.
The suspension, for a maximum of four months, means China’s National Anti-Doping Laboratory is barred from carrying out WADA-related tests such as blood and urine analysis.
The world body didn’t specify the reasons for the decision, but the Chinese Anti-Doping Agency said on its website that the laboratory had reported two incorrect negative results in what turned out to be a WADA test carried out in October.
“Beijing Laboratory will complete its corrective actions and then apply for reinstatement of accreditation after WADA’s review,” it said.
The explanation calls into question the accuracy of its work.
It is the latest controversy to hit Chinese sport, and comes weeks after drugs allegations in Chinese swimming.
The country is a leading Olympic power, topping the medals table at the Beijing 2008 Games and finishing second to the US in 2004 and 2012.
China was also second in the swimming events at London 2012 after distance specialist Sun Yang — who served a brief drugs ban in 2014 — and medley sensation Ye Shiwen led them to five gold medals.
Montreal-based WADA said in a statement that China can appeal the suspension and can also apply for reinstatement if it takes five unspecified “remedial steps” and addresses its “non-conformities.”
The battle against doping has intensified in the run-up to Rio, with Kenya threatened with being barred from the Games after a string of failed tests.
Russia is also fighting to overturn a ban on its track and field athletes after a WADA independent commission found evidence of state-sponsored doping.
Last Friday, WADA revoked the accreditation of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory, which was suspended in November after an independent investigation found its director had ordered nearly 1,500 samples to be destroyed.
The Beijing laboratory is the only WADA-accredited facility in China, according to WADA’s website, and the organization said that during the suspension samples will have to be securely transported to another accredited laboratory for testing.
The suspension, less than four months from the Rio Olympics, comes after three Chinese swimmers tested positive for clenbuterol, with two, neither of them well known, let off with warnings last month.
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