Doping Dispute Over Chinese Swimmers Puts US Olympic Hosting at Risk

A doping dispute involving Chinese swimmers could derail the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the newly awarded 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The dispute stems from the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who, months before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, tested positive for trimetazidine, or TMZ, which is used to increase stamina and hasten recovery time. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) allowed the swimmers to compete, accepting Chinese investigators’ finding that the TMZ was caused by tainted food in a hotel kitchen. The U.S. anti-doping chief, Travis Tygart, said the ruling amounted to “allowing China to sweep 23 positive cases under the rug.”...