Lawmakers say the World Anti-Doping Agency, tasked with preventing the use of performance-enhancing substances in international competitions like the Olympics, is bullying the United States to stop an inquiry into Chinese doping practices — and they’re threatening to pull U.S. funding to the agency unless the “blackmail” stops.
They’re upset about the International Olympic Committee’s decision to name the U.S. as the host country for the 2034 Winter Olympic games under the condition that U.S. lawmakers and the Department of Justice drop an inquiry into the agency’s handling of several incidents of doping on the Chinese Olympic teams.
The host contract includes language that allows the IOC to terminate the contract if “the supreme authority of the World Anti-Doping Agency in the fight against doping is not fully respected.”
