{"id":2271568,"date":"2024-06-19T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-names-swimmers-involved-in-doping-scandal-to-2024-olympic-team\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T13:55:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T17:55:19","slug":"china-names-swimmers-involved-in-doping-scandal-to-2024-olympic-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-names-swimmers-involved-in-doping-scandal-to-2024-olympic-team\/","title":{"rendered":"China selects swimmers implicated in doping scandal for 2024 Olympic squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-names-swimmers-involved-in-doping-scandal-to-2024-olympic-team%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2271568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>China has included 11 swimmers on its \u20632024 \u2064Olympic swim \u200dteam who had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/merrick-garland-has-a-lot-of-thinking-to-do\/\" title=\"Merrick Garland Has a Lot Of Thinking To Do\">previously tested positive<\/a>\u200b for the banned performance-enhancing\u200d drug,\u2064 trimetazidine. \u200cThe Chinese \u2062Swimming Association announced a team\u200d of \u200c31 swimmers, revealing\u2064 that these\u200b 11 had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/triple-boosted-biden-doesnt-have-covid-but-is-masking-up-again-anyway\/\" title=\"Biden, Not Infected, Resumes Masking for Extra Protection\">tested \u2064positive<\/a> seven months before the\u2064 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Trimetazidine, typically used for treating heart conditions\u200c by improving blood\u200c flow to the\u2063 heart, has been prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency since 2014. \u200bDespite 23 Chinese athletes testing \u2064positive for this drug before the Tokyo Olympics, \u200bChinese authorities cleared\u2063 them, claiming\u2062 the\u2063 exposure came \u2064from contaminated food. Half\u200c of these cleared athletes competed \u2063in the Tokyo Games.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>China<\/a> named 11 swimmers who previously tested positive for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-d-gov-noem-rejects-transgender-sports-bill-sends-back-for-lawmakers-to-revise\/\" title=\"S.D. Gov. Noem rejects transgender sports bill, sends back for lawmakers to revise\">performance-enhancing drugs<\/a> to its 2024 Olympic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>swim<\/a> team.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Swimming Association revealed its roster of 31 swimmers Tuesday, including 11 who tested positive for the drug trimetazidine seven months before the 2021 Tokyo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trimetazidine is typically used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-four-common-medications-can-cause-hair-loss\/\" title=\"These Four Common Medications Can Cause Hair Loss\">treat heart-related conditions<\/a> and works by increasing blood flow to the heart, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcolympics.com\/news\/what-trimetazidine-drug-center-valievas-doping-drama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> NBC Olympics. The drug has been banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three Chinese athletes tested positive for the drug ahead of the Tokyo Olympics but were cleared by Chinese authorities, who said the athletes were accidentally exposed to the drug through contaminated food. Half of the athletes went on to compete in Tokyo after WADA accepted China\u2019s explanation.<\/p>\n<p>The positive tests were not made public at the time and were only revealed earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>WADA defended its decision to allow the Chinese athletes to compete in an April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wada-ama.org\/en\/news\/wada-statement-case-23-swimmers-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not possible for WADA scientists or investigators to conduct their inquiries on the ground in China given the extreme restrictions in place due to a COVID-related lockdown,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWADA ultimately concluded that it was not in a position to disprove the possibility that contamination was the source of TMZ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s team for the 2024 Olympics includes Tokyo gold medalists Zhang Yufei and Wang Shun, both of whom tested positive for trimetazidine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cClean play is supposed to be at the forefront of the Olympics, and I think it\u2019s really disappointing we\u2019re in this situation three years after this all happened,\u201d seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/olympics\/2024\/06\/14\/katie-ledecky-china-doping-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a recent interview after the positive tests came to light. \u201cIt\u2019s tough to accept as an athlete, and now also to feel what it\u2019s like to be an athlete who won a [silver] medal behind some athletes who tested positive \u2014 I now know what that feels like. I\u2019ve seen it before with other athletes and always felt for those athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WADA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wada-ama.org\/en\/news\/wada-invites-independent-prosecutor-review-its-handling-chinese-contamination-case-swimming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>has<\/a> \u201cinvited an independent prosecutor\u201d to conduct a review of its handling of the case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&#8217;s 2024 Olympic swim team includes 11 athletes previously tested positive for the banned drug trimetazidine, announced the Chinese Swimming Association. The team comprises 31 swimmers, with the implicated members having tested positive seven months before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. 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