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Pitman out.

The International Olympic Committee has asked for talks between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States, including the country’s anti-doping agency USADA, to resolve a dispute over jurisdiction in doping matters, it said on Wednesday. A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Tuesday threatened to cut USA funding for Wada, accusing it of failing to properly investigate alleged doping by Chinese Olympic swimmers. The USA, the largest single country funder of Wada, has accused the global anti-doping body of not disclosing that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for performance-enhancing trimetazidine (TMZ) in China months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. “We have asked for a dialogue between WADA and all the stakeholders,” IOC spokesperson Mark Adams told a press conference. “From our understanding the question is about respect of international agreements and those international agreements have been signed by everyone around the world, including the United States.” The swimmers were cleared by a Chinese investigation, which said they were inadvertently exposed to the drug through contamination at a hotel but the Department of Justice has since launched an investigation. WADA said it had no evidence to challenge China’s findings. The incident, however, cast a shadow over the Paris Olympics and sparked a major row between the global and American anti-doping agencies, drawing in the IOC which said Wada was the only global body responsible for anti-doping. Wada responded to USA allegations by saying it would take the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) to the Independent Compliance Review Committee, a move that could jeopardise plans for the U.S. to host the 2028 summer and 2034 winter Olympics in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City respectively.

The International Olympic Committee has asked for talks between the World Anti-Doping Agency and the United States, including the country’s anti-doping agency USADA, to resolve a dispute over jurisdiction in doping matters, it said on Wednesday. A bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Tuesday threatened to cut USA funding for Wada, accusing it of failing to properly investigate alleged doping by Chinese Olympic swimmers. The USA, the largest single country funder of Wada, has accused the global anti-doping body of not disclosing that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for performance-enhancing trimetazidine (TMZ) in China months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. “We have asked for a dialogue between WADA and all the stakeholders,” IOC spokesperson Mark Adams told a press conference. “From our understanding the question is about respect of international agreements and those international agreements have been signed by everyone around the world, including the United States.” The swimmers were cleared by a Chinese investigation, which said they were inadvertently exposed to the drug through contamination at a hotel but the Department of Justice has since launched an investigation. WADA said it had no evidence to challenge China’s findings. The incident, however, cast a shadow over the Paris Olympics and sparked a major row between the global and American anti-doping agencies, drawing in the IOC which said Wada was the only global body responsible for anti-doping. Wada responded to USA allegations by saying it would take the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) to the Independent Compliance Review Committee, a move that could jeopardise plans for the U.S. to host the 2028 summer and 2034 winter Olympics in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City respectively.

I am not so sure.

Judo is surely heading for a funding cut if not a Funding axe.

The IOC have made the USA sign a contract saying the investigation will be dropped.

Or the ranking round.

Yes. There is a lot of doping defenders on here.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/30/usada-wada-china-swimming-row The IOC will have to accept USA court cases against WADA or lose 2028. They not going to be able to stop them.

Because a lot of people even on here think it’s a an American plot.

More Chinese doping in swimming. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/30/usada-wada-china-swimming-row

Pan the only swimmer on form.

True but are the signs good for an improvement in LA then?

Only two medals would quite a drop from 5 last time.

They not related.

BBC accusing the judges of being biased towards the . They really want a GB or Ukrainian victory,

That was always going to happen to Franklin considering how on the edge she has been all week.

So with Greenbank’s DSQ the swimming medal helpful remain. Proud - 50m Scott and Dean - 200im Men’s medley relay Mixed medley relay

Saved himself. He stopped while in the front group and waved to the crowd and had a slightly ott exit. Commentators said earlier they had heard it would happen.

What a wild few hours. I went blind for all of it so I didn’t know the diving or rowing results while watching. . Unmentioned on here but Ollie Morgan got through to the semis in 12th while McInnes was 7th ans Stephen’s 14th in making their semi. Hopefully one of them will make a final so we don’t have another GB less final night tomorrow. (We might make the women 4 x 200 final as well).

Neither did I but I’ve seem various predictions say it was possible but I am very skeptical.

I think the battle between France and us on the medal table will go to the France but every medal counts in getting to that 50 target. Bronze. Bronze. Bronze.

Gold, Gold, Gold, Gold, Gold. Gold

Hopkin faded badly there.