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Enhanced Games Explained: Inside the Steroid-Fueled Competition Drawing Olympians

Backed by investors including Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr., the “Steroid Olympics” are turning banned substances into the centerpiece of a new sports spectacle.

Sports Illustrated

US Olympic sprinter who won World Championship silver medal hit with 45-month doping ban

An American sprinter has been banned from competing for 45 months after testing positive for a banned substance

The Independent UK

US anti-doping accuses Wada of trying to ‘smear America’ amid Enhanced Games row

The war of words between anti-doping bodies over the Enhanced Games has intensified after Usada accused Wada of attempting ‘to smear America’

The Guardian - UK

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Enhanced Games are dangerous and must be stopped, says Wada head

The head of the World Anti-doping Agency has called on US anti-doping authorities to act to stop the Enhanced Games, describing the new event as ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’

The Guardian - UK

Anti-doping watchdog urges US authorities to shut down planned drug-fueled event in Las Vegas

The global watchdog of doping in sports says it will urge public authorities to shut down the drug-fueled Enhanced Games planned in Las Vegas next year

The Independent UK

Elite athletes warned to avoid one-night stands over risk of failing drug tests

Athletes warned to ‘watch who you kiss’ as top lawyers and anti-doping experts debated contamination cases in sport

The Guardian - UK

Usada backs US government decision to withhold Wada payment

The situation comes amid a dispute over the Wada’s handling of a doping scandal involving Chinese swimmers competing in Tokyo in 2021

The Independent UK

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World Anti-Doping Agency faces crisis after US government withholds funding

US Anti Doping Agency says decision ‘protects athletes’ as Wada retaliates by barring the US from key committees

The Guardian - UK

Report clears WADA of favouritism in Chinese swimmers doping case, calls for stronger rules

A report released on Thursday confirmed that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) did not show favoritism toward China in the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance but were still allowed to compete. The report, authored by Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier, also recommended improvements in…

The Times of India

Wada investigator ‘helped’ with Usada scheme to recruit Kenyan runner

Wada insists it ordered Usada to shut down programme, with the agencies in a war of words after Observer investigation

The Guardian - UK

Cleared Olympic sprinter Erriyon Knighton's doping contamination case headed to appeal

The doping case involving U.S. sprinter Erriyon Knighton’s claims of eating contaminated meat is being appealed and will be sent to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

The Independent UK

USADA rejects WADA criticism of 'undercover agents' protected from doping sanctions

Cycling News

Salt Lake City wins 2034 Winter Olympics – at the cost of a major FBI investigation

The FBI is investigating 23 Chinese swimmers who competed in the 2021 Tokyo Games after failing doping tests

The Independent UK

WADA did not mishandle Chinese swimmers' doping case, says investigator

An independent investigation has concluded that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) did not mishandle or show favoritism towards the 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned substances but were still allowed to participate in the Tokyo Olympics.

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The Independent UK

WADA made reasonable decision in China doping case despite doubts of its own scientist, probe says

An investigator backed the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of a doping case involving 23 Chinese swimmers, while also publishing notes indicating WADA’s own science director doubted China’s explanation that the athletes had been subject to contamination

The Independent UK

Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator

Two former U.S. Olympic gold medalists say they've lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris

Roll Call

Olympians implore Congress to act on doping as games approach - Roll Call

Hearing comes seven years after Phelps and head of U.S. Anti-Doping Agency testified about failures from the World Anti-Doping Agency.

International Business Times

WADA Founder Pound Says 'Disgusted' By USADA 'Lies' Over China Cases

WADA applies the World Anti-Doping Code and the related standards in an even-handed way," he said.

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The Guardian - UK

Inside anti-doping’s civil war: anger and suspicion spill into the open

A doping case involving Chinese swimmers has brought years of pent-up feeling into the public domain – and it shows no sign of stopping

The Guardian - UK

Wada defends its actions over Chinese swimmers’ doping allegations

The World Anti-Doping Agency has insisted it would ‘not do anything different’ in its handling of doping allegations against 23 Chinese swimmers

The Hindu

WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics, citing contaminated samples

WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers despite positive tests, citing environmental contamination and lack of evidence.

WEKU

'Ban them all.' With Paris Games looming, Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic sport

The World Anti-Doping Agency acknowledges it knew of doping concerns involving 23 Chinese swimmers before the 2021 Tokyo Games but failed to alert others. Some of those swimmers later won gold medals.

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WADA Refutes Claims Of Mishandling Chinese Swimmers' Doping Case

WADA refutes claims of mishandling doping case involving Chinese swimmers testing positive for banned substance TMZ.

The Independent UK

Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year's Paris Olympics

Two of Russia’s top swimmers who could be eligible for the next year’s Olympics have been drug tested by their country’s anti-doping agency only twice apiece in 2023

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dana White blasts USADA CEO Travis Tygart: ‘This guy went full Britney Spears and lost his mind’

Dana White is still not happy with USADA CEO Travis Tygart.

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