Washington, Nov 25 (UNI) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed a lawsuit against the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for defamation, German media outlet Sportschau reported.
It is noted that the lawsuit was sent to a Swiss court. The reason for the lawsuit is a statement made by the American side to WADA in the case of Chinese swimmers.
Earlier, German broadcaster ARD reported that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for trimetazidine in January 2021. Then, the Chinese athletes were allowed to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. WADA announced in April that it had not punished the Chinese athletes, as it could not refute the CHINADA verdict on the unintentional entry of the banned substance into the athletes’ bodies. Later, USADA CEO Travis Tygart accused WADA and CHINADA of covering up information. Eleven swimmers implicated in the doping scandal were named to China’s Paris Olympic team.
CHINADA responded by announcing that it was questioning USADA’s June 2024 acquittal of American athlete Erriyon Knighton and calling on the International Testing Agency (ITA) and the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) to step up testing of American athletes.
