On August 6, the Chinese News Agency news agency issued a notice from the country's Doping Prevention (Chinada). Accordingly, Chinada accused the US Doping Prevention (USADA) from imposing dual standard, when allowing an American athlete to accuse the use of doping at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The person chinada mentioned was Erriyon Knighton, athletes to play content running 200m in men. Erriyon Knighton is one of the most promising faces of American athletics at the Paris Olympic Games. He was discovered positive for doping on March 26, 2024, during the time he did not participate in any international tournament.
Although Erriyon Knighton was discovered positive for doping, this athlete still did not have to receive a ban on competition from USADA. This unit said that Erriyon Knighton was positive for eating banned meat. The athlete then continued to attend the Paris Olympic qualifying round, as well as the official round in France and reached the semi -finals.
In Chinada's statement, this unit mentioned the name Erriyon Knighton with notes: Every year, hundreds of athletes are detected positive for doping for the same reason. They were published their names and received a 4 -year ban. But apart from Erriyon Knighton, two other US athletes were not punished, only on the grounds that they had to eat banned meat.
In the story of Erriyon Knighton, an independent referee said that the piece of doping infected meat he had to come from a Florida state restaurant. However, according to the statement from China, the banned substance detected in Erriyon Knighton's body is a very active ingredient that rarely appears under normal conditions.
Chinada's statement targeted the United States directly, in the context of many Americans has continuously attacked the Chinese swimming team in recent years. The US media once mentioned the incident of 23 Chinese swimmers who were positive for doping before the Tokyo Olympic Games, but still attended the Paris Olympic Games.
The aforementioned athletes of China were later innocent. However, American media, including legendary Michael Phelps, still asked for the World Doping Prevention Agency (WADA) to ban for a lifetime competition with Chinese athletes. That makes the Chinese swimming unwanted, when they are constantly asked to check doping.
