Two Chinese speed skaters won gold and silver medals respectively at the Beijing Winter Olympics. (Image source: Getty Images)
[Watch China April 23, 2024](Watch comprehensive report by Chinese reporter Li Muzi) According to multiple foreign media reports, 23Chinese swimmerWas in 2021tokyo olympicspre-drug testPositive, these athletes not only received no punishment, but were even allowed to continue competing. Some are preparing for this year’s Paris Olympics. The previous matter was brought up again, and Chinese officials once again denied it, attracting attention from the outside world.
Chinese athletes tested positive before the East Olympics but were still allowed to compete
Radio Free Asia cited recent reports from multiple international media that at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, 23 out of 30 Chinese swimmers were tested to contain the heart drug trimetazidine (TMZ) in their bodies. The drug can be used as a stimulant to strengthen the Athletes’ performance on the field. Although the drug test results were positive, the Chinese athletes were not punished and still participated in the competition and achieved good results. And many of the Chinese athletes who have been accused are preparing to compete in this summer’s Paris Olympics.
Chinese official media reported that at the regular press conference of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 22, an AFP reporter asked, “The World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed on Saturday that the test results for a banned drug before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics showed that Nearly half of the Chinese swimming team tested positive. China’s official media accused it of being a conspiracy by Western countries. What is the spokesman’s comment?
Wang Wenbin responded, “Relevant reports are false information and untrue reports.” He claimed that after a comprehensive, in-depth and detailed investigation by the China Anti-Doping Center in 2021, this incident was determined to be positive because the relevant athletes ingested contaminated food without their knowledge. The Chinese swimmers involved were not at fault. No negligence does not constitute a doping violation. WADA endorsed the findings following a review.
In response to the Chinese official’s answer, overseas , This is a routine operation in the Chinese sports world, for example, ‘Sun Yang, who has heart disease, is a multiple Olympic champion’, which is an international joke in itself.”
Some netizens commented, “Who would believe them who lie and tell lies!” “What is contaminated food? The government is systematically feeding poison to athletes without their knowledge? Isn’t this more terrifying? “The Chinese government refuses to admit its mistakes in anything, so it has no credibility.” “The Chinese Communist Party is always shameless.”
China’s generous donation to World Anti-Doping Agency comes under suspicion
Agence France-Presse reported on April 22 that the investigation results of China’s Anti-Doping Center at the time showed that these athletes accidentally ingested trimetazidine from food at a party from the end of 2020 to the beginning of 2021. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) recognized the findings, so Chinese swimmers were allowed to compete in the Tokyo Olympics. According to reports, the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed the above statement on Monday.
Voice of America quoted a recent report from The Associated Press as saying that in recent years, China has donated nearly $2 million to the World Anti-Doping Agency, exceeding its expected payment as a national government. The internal meeting minutes of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee listed China’s donations of US$993,000 and US$992,000 in 2018 and 2019 respectively, followed by Chinese Olympian and International Olympic Committee member Yang Yang in 2019 Elected as one of the vice-presidents of the body.
According to reports, the Chinese government provided US$430,000 to the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2019, which was a regular payment, while US$992,000 was an additional donation. In fact, WADA did not hide these additional funds. “It issued a little-known press release in December 2020 announcing China’s donation of US$992,000.”
The report also pointed out that Travis. Travis Tygart called the news that Chinese athletes tested positive “shocking.” Tygart said, “What is even more shocking is that until now, neither WADA nor the China Anti-Doping Center has been able to cover up these secrets fairly and impartially by following the global rules that apply to everyone else in the world. Positive test result.”
The CCP regards sports as a political project and uses doping on a large scale and systematically
According to AFP, the Chinese swimming team has a disgraceful history of doping. At the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games, seven Chinese swimmers tested positive for drugs. In 1998, when Australia hosted the World Swimming Championships, Chinese athlete Yuan Yuan was found to have illegally carried a large amount of growth hormone in her entry luggage. China’s three-time Olympic gold medalist and famous swimmer Sun Yang was also suspended for testing positive for drugs. He was banned from participating in the Tokyo Olympics after his appeal was rejected.
The Olympic news website “insidethegames.biz” once reported that international testing agencies collected out-of-competition test samples from Chinese weightlifter Lu Xiaojun on October 30, 2022, and the results showed that the banned peptide hormone (S2) EPO was positive. reaction. He is the first Chinese international weightlifter to be tested positive for EPO since 2015. According to reports, Lu Xiaojun, a three-time Olympic gold medalist, is the first male weightlifter banned in China since 2010.
Radio Free Asia reported in 2022 that 84-year-old Xue Yinxian, who lives in exile in Germany, was once a team doctor for the Chinese State Sports General Administration. She revealed that since the 1980s, the Chinese Communist authorities have established sports as a political project and began to use doping on a large scale and systematically. However, Xue Yinxian refused to be an accomplice and began to expose the shady story. As a result, she and her family were retaliated by the authorities and she was forced to go into exile overseas. After settling in Germany, Xue Yinxian and her son (independent artist Yang Weidong) jointly completed the book “Chinese Drugs”. The content of the book includes Xue Yinxian’s own experience of witnessing the use of doping by many famous sports stars.
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