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With the Summer Olympics in full swing, sports anti-doping agencies escalate feud
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/08/nx-s1-5067767/feuding-anti-doping-agencies-usada-wada-chinada-olympicsWith the Summer Olympics in full swing, sports anti-doping agencies escalate feud
AUGUST 8, 2024 6:01 AM ET
Brian Mann
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This time, U.S. officials face accusations they improperly allowed American athletes to compete in "elite level" events after tests showed they used performance-enhancing drugs. Deals were struck with at least three athletes if they agreed to serve as informants and cooperate in on-going doping investigations. Reuters first reported the practice.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) ran a rogue operation that turned athletes into "undercover agents."
"WADA did not sign off on this practice of permitting drug cheats to compete for years on the promise that they would try to obtain incriminating evidence against others," the organization said in a statement.
According to WADA officials, when they learned of the practice by USADA in 2021, they ordered the Americans to "desist."
[...]
AUGUST 8, 2024 6:01 AM ET
Brian Mann
[...]
This time, U.S. officials face accusations they improperly allowed American athletes to compete in "elite level" events after tests showed they used performance-enhancing drugs. Deals were struck with at least three athletes if they agreed to serve as informants and cooperate in on-going doping investigations. Reuters first reported the practice.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) ran a rogue operation that turned athletes into "undercover agents."
"WADA did not sign off on this practice of permitting drug cheats to compete for years on the promise that they would try to obtain incriminating evidence against others," the organization said in a statement.
According to WADA officials, when they learned of the practice by USADA in 2021, they ordered the Americans to "desist."
[...]