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In the late 1990s, the IOC took the initiative in a more organized battle against doping, leading to the formation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in 1999. The 2000 Summer Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics have shown that the effort to eliminate performance-enhancing drugs from the Olympics is not over, as several medalists in weightlifting and cross-country skiing were disqualified due ...
The Olympic Games is a major international multi-sport event. During its history, both the Summer and Winter Games have been the subject of scandals, controversies and incidents. Cheating, such as the use of performance enhancing drugs by athletes, has regularly affected the Olympic Games.
A potentially explosive doping scandal rocked Olympic swimming Saturday after revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers, including gold medalists and world record-setters, tested positive for a banned ...
China is sending 11 swimmers embroiled in a doping scandal to the Paris 2024 Olympics. ... for the Men's 200m Individual Medley during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July ...
Olympic swimmers spoke out about the Chinese doping scandal that has hung over these Paris Olympics as the events finished Sunday night. China won the men's 4x100-meter medley relay in 3 minutes ...
It was the leading country in terms of the number of medals removed due to doping at the 2002 Winter Olympics (5 medals), the 2006 Winter Olympics (1 medal), the 2008 Summer Olympics (14 medals), the 2012 Summer Olympics (15 medals), 2014 Winter Olympics (4 medals) and the joint most at the 2004 Summer Olympics (3 medals) and the 2016 Summer ...
The scandal is set to cast a shadow over the Olympics next month, with some athletes reportedly discussing anti-China demonstrations in Paris as a protest of the doping row.
Russian weightlifters were banned from Rio Olympics for numerous anti-doping violations also. [14] On 24 July, the IOC rejected WADA's recommendation to ban Russia from the Summer Olympics and announced that a decision would be made by each sport federation, with each positive decision having to be approved by a CAS arbitrator. [15]