Multiple media reports said the swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine, months before the COVID-delayed Games began in July 2021.
WADA has confirmed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
CHINADA, China's anti-doping agency, and the Chinese Swimming Association did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. "WADA ultimately concluded that it was not in a position to disprove the possibility that contamination was the source of TMZ and it was compatible with the analytical data in the file," the global anti-doping body said in a statement.
"With regard to the AAFs … they were carefully considered by the FINA Doping Control Review Board," it added. "Materials relating to the source of the AAFs were subject to independent expert scrutiny retained by FINA.
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