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Olympic officials try to crush U.S. probes of China doping, threaten SLC Games

by yasp on 7/24/24, 11:05 PM with 7 comments

• by aragonite on 7/25/24, 1:36 AM

  The proximal cause of the demand goes unmentioned in the NPR story. From NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/world/olympics/salt-lake-...):

  > [FBI] agents working on that investigation tried to question a top swimming official when he was in the United States last month for the U.S. Olympic trials, triggering alarms in global sports circles about the potential legal risks from the inquiries.

  > In response, WADA officials have moved a meeting scheduled to be held in the United States later this year to Canada, ensuring that its officials cannot be questioned by the American authorities ...

• by blackeyeblitzar on 7/25/24, 2:10 AM

  Why should we care about the Olympic Games? It is a huge expense and has no convincing positive return. Meanwhile local residents have their lives disrupted for weeks and months and gain nothing much from it. No thanks. Keep the probe going, call their bluff, and let them collapse into obscurity like beauty pageants.

• by Nostromos on 7/25/24, 8:51 PM

  Double down. Tell all competitors that USADA will be handling drug testing for any Olympic event held in the US and if there's any pushback, we won't grant a travel visa for it. WADA and the Olympic Committee can figure it out on their own.

• by rurban on 7/26/24, 5:55 AM

  That seems to be one of the rare historical events where the USA seem to be the good guys. It's just the USADA (Tygart) though. The US teams will still dope as much as they will not be caught.

• by teachmetolearn on 7/25/24, 12:11 AM

  Looks like athletes can't wait for Peter Thiel's Enhanced Games