Chinese swimmer doping reports decried as 鈥榝ake news鈥
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China yesterday called reports about 23 Chinese swimmers testing positive for a banned substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 鈥渇ake news.鈥
A group of Chinese swimmers tested positive for TMZ in early 2021 after inadvertently being exposed to the substance through contamination. The World Anti-Doping Agency reviewed this case thoroughly in June and July 2021, and concluded that there was no concrete basis to challenge the asserted contamination.
Following some misleading and potentially defamatory media coverage this week, WADA provided information to clarify and reserved its right to take legal action as appropriate. 聽
China鈥檚 foreign ministry yesterday hit back at the widespread reports, which first emerged in the New York Times and German broadcaster ARD on Saturday. 鈥淭he relevant reports are fake news and not factual,鈥 said ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.
WADA has said there was 鈥渁 lack of any credible evidence鈥 to challenge China鈥檚 version of events.
鈥淚 believe you will also have noted that the World Anti-Doping Agency has put out a very clear response,鈥 Wang said, adding that China鈥檚 anti-doping center conducted an 鈥渋n-depth and detailed鈥 probe, which found the athletes had ingested contaminated drugs 鈥渨ithout their knowledge.鈥澛
鈥淭he Chinese swimmers involved were neither at fault nor guilty of negligence, and their behavior did not constitute a doping violation,鈥 he told a regular press conference.
鈥淎fter an investigation, WADA affirmed the findings of the China anti-doping center.鈥
An Australian coach who works with the Chinese Swimming Association also rejected claims of systemic state-run doping, saying it is 鈥渟o far from anything I have seen.鈥
Denis Cotterell,聽who has coached swimmer Sun Yang, told The Sydney Morning Herald he disputed 鈥渁ny suggestion of anything orchestrated.鈥
The 74-year-old has had an on-off association with Chinese swimming for over a decade and said he was speaking from first-hand experience.
鈥淚 see what they (the swimmers) go through, I see the measures, I can tell you the stories. I know the facts and I am comfortable,鈥 he told the paper.聽
鈥淭he suggestion that it鈥檚 systemic is so far from anything I have seen here the whole time.鈥
ARD aired a documentary on the subject on Sunday, with the Montreal-based WADA issuing a fresh statement afterwards. 鈥淭he agency still stands firmly by the results of its scientific investigation and legal decision concerning the case,鈥 it said.
Wang said the Chinese government 鈥渃onsistently upholds a resolutely zero-tolerance position when it comes to doping,鈥 adding China upholds 鈥渇air competition鈥 in sport.
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