US officials launch probe into Chinese swimmers amid doping scandal, World Aquatics says

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A probe by U.S. federal law enforcement agencies is the latest development in an ongoing dispute involving the Chinese national swimming team and world anti-doping authorities as the Paris Olympics loom.

Several members of the Chinese national swimming team remain embroiled in a doping scandal. The swimmers in question have been under fire since testing positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine in 2021. The World Anti-Doping Agency ultimately cleared the athletes for competition at the Tokyo Olympics. Last month, the Chinese Swimming Association selected some of those athletes for its 2024 Olympic team. The swimmers are preparing to travel to compete in Paris later this month.

said the swimmers' positive tests were at least partially due to inadvertently being exposed to the substance through 'contamination.' The Chinese Doping Agency initially made a similar argument, to which as the global watchdog that is responsible for keeping cheaters out of sports.

 

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