“Right now, confidence in the global anti-doping movement is, sadly, at its all-time low.” ⁦Rob Koehler⁩ with ⁦Henry Bushnell⁩ ⁦Yahoo Sports⁩ sports.yahoo.com/extremely-conc…

“We must get real answers, ensure accountability for any failures, and secure true reform at WADA to fulfill the promise we all have to clean athletes and the fairness of sport.” USADA

World Players who represents over 85,000 athletes calling for sweeping WADA reforms.

“US athletes have led the most outspoken attacks since the furore erupted… but there is dismay… in the Team Great Britain camp too, with Adam Peaty branding the situation on April 20 as “so disappointing from WADA”.”Tom Morgan⁩ Telegraph Sport⁩ telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2024/…

“USA Fencing⁩ & ⁦FIE⁩ have a responsibility to clean up the sports & enact tough sanctions…to not only avoid a cloud of suspicion…but to ensure that all fencers in Paris have fairly earnt their position” 🇺🇸 Fencers USA TODAY Sports⁩ usatoday.com/story/sports/o…

WADA InternationalRugbyPlayers aflplayers WNBPA FIFPRO EU Athletes NHLPA NBPA Australian Athletes’ Alliance MLBPA Communications 日本プロ野球選手会 4/4 Embedding the internationally recognized human rights of athletes, which must essentially include their right to organize and collectively bargain. #R2O

WADA InternationalRugbyPlayers aflplayers WNBPA FIFPRO European Athletes & Players Association NHLPA NBPA Australian Athletes’ Alliance MLBPA Communications 日本プロ野球選手会 3/4 Reforming the global anti-doping system of arbitration and justice, which must include a fundamental review of whether the Court of Arbitration for Sport is in practice fit for purpose.

WADA InternationalRugbyPlayers aflplayers WNBPA FIFPRO EU Athletes NHLPA NBPA Australian Athletes’ Alliance MLBPA Communications 日本プロ野球選手会 2/4 Ensuring the Executive Committee and leadership of WADA is fully independent and removing the embedded conflicts of interest.

WADA InternationalRugbyPlayers aflplayers WNBPA FIFPRO EU Athletes NHLPA NBPA Australian Athletes’ Alliance MLBPA Communications 日本プロ野球選手会 1/4 Giving athletes and their chosen representatives an equal say in all matters affecting anti-doping policy, including the drafting and implementation of the Code.

WADA InternationalRugbyPlayers aflplayers WNBPA FIFPRO EU Athletes NHLPA NBPA Australian Athletes’ Alliance MLBPA Communications 日本プロ野球選手会 The response by WADA has further undermined athlete trust and confidence in the global anti-doping effort. The root cause of the underlying issues – the embedded failures in WADA’s rules, processes, and governance – must be urgently remedied.

“Athletes have faced unjust processes and sanctions, while officials have not been held to account, and there has been a lack of meaningful athlete involvement… The response to this scandal must address fundamental root causes, not just symptoms” Matthew Graham World Players Association

US athletes call for “truly independent investigation” into China swimming scandal
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“The prosecutor appointed by ⁦WADA⁩ to investigate…worked closely for more than a decade with the auditor who…
conducted the audit of the WADA investigations department that reviewed the findings of CHINADA” Matt Lawton⁩ ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ thetimes.co.uk/sport/swimming…

An interesting aside from the factsheet by WADA in the case of the Chinese swimmers. Its Science Department accepted the contamination theory put forward by China, but did not accept that contamination was possible in the #kamilavalieva case…

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Smoke and mirrors from WADA.

'The +ve results were [...] at low/very low concentrations, [...] not consistent with [...] deliberate ingestion scenario of TMZ.'

TMZ has an *extremely rapid* half-life of 1.8 hours.

A +ve for TMZ will almost always show just trace amounts.

Big picture. 23 Chinese swimmers — not 1, or 3, or even 5. The number is enormous, 23 tested positive. 3 won Tokyo Olympic gold, cheating others out of a fair chance. And WADA didn’t challenge China’s explanation, saying banned drug got into everyone’s food. Implausible and ugly.

“The decisions made by WADA, the way they were made, and the lack of transparency has undermined our confidence in WADA's stated mission to 'lead a collaborative worldwide movement for doping-free sport.'” - US swimmers statement to 🇺🇸 WADA board representative

Point 9: WADA at an all time low. Pressure the Athlete Council (AC) to threaten whistleblowers? Was the entire AC consulted on this statement?