Athletes’ faith in the global anti-doping system is under scrutiny with less than a month remaining until the Olympic Games get underway in Paris.
Cate Campbell, the four-time Olympian and chair of the Australian Olympic Committee’s athletes commission, says there are deep questions to be answered about the global anti-doping system as
Campbell, who confirmed her retirement on Thursday after falling short of qualifying for a fifth Olympics, said she expected athletes would look more closely at the vexed issue and begin to address it after Paris. WADA has staunchly defended its handling of the affair since it was uncovered in April by an investigation by the. It accepted China’s explanation that tiny amounts of trimetazidine, a prohibited heart medication, had been ingested by swimmers after contamination in the kitchen of a hotel they were staying in.
the announcement of a record-breaking federal government funding package for Olympic sports and athletes in Canberra on Friday. “So we welcome that independent review and we’ll see what that comes back with,” he said. “But we certainly know the effort that goes into trying to make sport a clean product for all our athletes and athletes from around the world. We are supporters of the work of WADA.“
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