FBI launches criminal investigation into 23 Chinese swimmers for doping
Eleven of the swimmers who were allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics are also set to compete in Paris at the end of July.
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FBI apparently have no issues to pursue back in the US
why is this an fbi thing?
- The international swimming federation's executive director, Brent Nowicki, has been ordered to testify as a witness in a U.S. criminal investigation.
- The investigation is regarding 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance, trimetazidine, in 2021 but were allowed to continue competing.
- The Chinese swimmers won three gold medals at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and 11 of them are set to compete in the upcoming Paris Olympics.
- The positive tests were kept secret in 2021, and WADA accepted the Chinese authorities' explanation of food contamination at a hotel.
- The U.S. federal law, Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, passed in 2020, allows probes into suspected doping conspiracies even if they occurred outside the U.S.
- The investigation could make sport officials traveling to the U.S. "fearful that they may have to answer questions about their activities from the FBI."
very inciteful answer! wow