Weeks before the Paris Olympics, World Aquatics confirms a US criminal investigation is underway into the cases of 23 Chinese swimmers who failed doping tests in 2021 but were allowed to continue competing.
World Aquatics has confirmed its executive director has been subpoenaed by the US government to testify in an investigation into doping cases of 23 Chinese swimmers.
The swimmers won three gold medals for China at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, just weeks after the World Anti-Doping Agency declined to challenge Chinese authorities' explanation of food contamination at a hotel to justify not suspending them. World Aquatics declined to answer questions about where and when Nowicki was served his subpoena and didn't say which office was handling the investigation.
They included Zhang Yufei, who went on take Olympic gold in the women's 200-metre butterfly and 4x200 freestyle relay, and Wang Shun, the men's 200 medley champion. Any appeals seeking suspensions for the swimmers would have been heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, where Nowicki was a long-time senior counsel before joining World Aquatics in 2021.
US Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart suggested to The Associated Press an ongoing federal investigation could make sport officials travelling to the US "fearful that they may have to answer questions about their activities from the FBI".ABC Sport Daily is your daily sports conversation. We dive into the biggest story of the day and get you up to speed with everything else that's making headlines.The U.
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