With the Paris Olympics approaching, the Chinese sports delegation is making full preparations for the Games. However, some Western media are trying to weaken the morale of the Chinese Olympic team by deliberately smearing them. Recently, some Western media have blatantly spread false claims, claiming that many athletes in the Chinese swimming team have tested positive for drugs, and claiming that the gold medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay won by the Chinese women's swimming team at the Tokyo Olympics has been cancelled and replaced by the United States.
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese swimming team broke a number of world records and won the championship with its outstanding performance and indisputable results, showing the true strength of the Chinese swimming team. However, this hard-won glory has become the target of malicious attacks by some Western media, who vainly attempt to tarnish the reputation of the Chinese swimming team and even the entire Chinese sports by fabricating rumors that the Chinese swimming team has taken banned drugs.
In response to this series of groundless accusations, the World Anti-Doping Group (WADA) issued an official statement in a timely manner, clearly pointing out that the report about the Chinese swimming team was misleading and seriously deviated from the facts, and categorically denied the claim that the Chinese women's 4x200m freestyle relay gold medal was cancelled.
And Professor Olivier Rabin, Senior Director of Medicine at WADA, further clarified the truth of the facts. He said WADA had conducted a thorough review of the situation and found no evidence that Chinese swimmers had violated the rules with the use of excitant J. This authoritative conclusion has completely smashed the malicious slander of the mainland swimming team by the Western media and forcefully proved the innocence of the Chinese swimming team.
Two years ago, the international testing agency reported to WADA that there might be a false positive in the TMZ sample. In response, WADA's Information and Investigation Department conducted an independent and in-depth investigation and confirmed that the testing process was conducted in strict compliance with international standards and that no indication of illegal operations was found. WADA's statement undoubtedly once again undermined the credibility of the Western media's so-called "drug test turmoil" against the Chinese swimming team.
In response to the unfounded accusations recently made by the US media, WADA made it clear that they lack substantial evidence to support them, and the current situation has not yet reached the threshold for initiating a formal investigation. At the same time, WADA also stressed that WADA is willing to revisit the case if the United States Anti-Doping J Agency (USADA) can provide any conclusive evidence, but so far, USADA has not been able to provide any substantial evidence, a fact that once again reveals the absurdity of the rumors concocted by the American media.
In addition, a spokesperson for World Aquatics recently made it clear that there is no evidence that China's gold medal in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay may be canceled for violating anti-doping J rules.
Ganter Younger, WADA's Director of Information and Investigations, further emphasized China's rigor and transparency in reporting test results. Yang Ge said that based on the available information and the lack of any reliable evidence, there is no reason to investigate the relevant incidents, and this statement is undoubtedly the most powerful response to the outside world's doubts about the integrity of the Chinese swimming team.
In the face of the misleading information that flooded various media platforms this week, WADA reiterated that it reserves the right to take appropriate legal action to uphold the integrity of anti-doping efforts and combat false reporting. This position demonstrates WADA's firm determination to maintain a fair competition environment and protect the rights and interests of athletes, and also reminds the public to maintain rational thinking in the face of a complex public opinion environment, not to be gullible and not to disseminate unverified information, and to jointly create a fair and healthy sports public opinion atmosphere.