Swimming Australia launches 'inquiries' into scandal
Swimming Australia is conducting its “own inquiries” with World Aquatics in the wake of the bombshell claims that members of China’s record breaking team tested positive for banned substances before the Tokyo Olympics.
SA issued a short statement on Sunday after Australian superstar Ariarne Titmus reacted to the “raw” news on Nine’s Weekend Today.
“At this stage we are making our own inquiries with World Aquatics, until we know more, we aren’t in a position to comment,” the statement said.
WADA said the swimmers tested positive for the heart medication trimetazidine in the months leading up to the start of the Olympics in 2021 but that Chinese authorities told the agency the positives were the result of contamination.
“Ultimately, we concluded that there was no concrete basis to challenge the asserted contamination,” WADA’s senior director of science and medicine Olivier Rabin said.
The 30 member Chinese swim team won six medals in Tokyo, including three golds.
Many of the athletes still compete for China and are expected to swim at the Paris Olympics this year.
WADA also responded to what it called “some misleading and potentially defamatory media coverage this week” and explained the process it undertook upon learning about the positive tests.
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