LAUSANNE, April 27 — The head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach has backed the World Anti-Doping Agency in a row over its handling of positive drug tests by 23...
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The swimmers were not suspended or sanctioned after Wada accepted the explanation of Chinese authorities that the results were caused by food contamination at a hotel where they had stayed.The head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency , Travis Tygart, has called the situation a “potential cover-up” with the positive tests never made public at the time.
Instead of a traditional parade through the athletics stadium on the first night, teams are set to sail down the Seine on a flotilla of river boats in front of up to 500,000 spectators. “It’s part of our zeitgeist because we are living in uncertain times. And there are people who are sceptical. Some are even scared. Some are worried about their future,” the IOC president said.As with previous Olympics, international politics and diplomacy are set to intrude on the world’s biggest sporting event.
“Immediately a disciplinary procedure would be opened and the necessary measures and or sanctions be taken,” Bach said, adding: “This can go up to immediate exclusion from the Games.”
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