{"id":584521,"date":"2024-04-19T18:56:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T01:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=584521"},"modified":"2024-04-19T19:33:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T02:33:43","slug":"american-swimmers-told-of-chinese-doping-violations-at-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/american-swimmers-told-of-chinese-doping-violations-at-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"American Swimmers Told of Chinese Doping Violations at Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

American Swimmers Told of Chinese Doping Violations at Tokyo Olympics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three years ago at the Tokyo Olympics<\/a>, Chinese swimmers captured six medals, including gold medals by\u00a0Zhang Yufei<\/strong> in the 200 butterfly and gold in the women’s 800 freestyle relay, with Zhang swimming the third leg, later that evening. Now, however, those results could be amended because of newly-uncovered doping violations from Chinese swimmers.<\/p>\n

Sports Illustrated writer Pat Forde<\/strong>, whose daughter\u00a0Brooke Forde<\/strong> was a prelims swimmer on that relay squad, reported on X<\/a> about “alleged Chinese positive drug tests that could alter the outcomes of multiple races and change medal distribution.”<\/p>\n

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News: I can confirm that some American Olympic swimmers from the Tokyo Games have been alerted to alleged Chinese positive drug tests that could alter the outcomes of multiple races and change medal distribution.<\/p>\n

— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) April 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n