{"id":584559,"date":"2024-04-20T13:13:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T20:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=584559"},"modified":"2024-04-20T13:36:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T20:36:36","slug":"usada-ceo-travis-tygart-releases-statement-blasting-wadas-handling-of-chinese-positive-cases-wada-threatens-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usada-ceo-travis-tygart-releases-statement-blasting-wadas-handling-of-chinese-positive-cases-wada-threatens-legal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"USADA CEO Travis Tygart Blasts WADA\u2019s &#8216;Defense Tactics&#8217; as It Threatens Legal Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>USADA CEO Travis Tygart Blasts WADA\u2019s &#8216;Defense Tactics&#8217; as It Threatens Legal Action<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/20\/world\/asia\/chinese-swimmers-doping-olympics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the revelation that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive<\/a> for trimetazidine (TMZ) months before the Tokyo Olympics but none were suspended and their test results never publicly disclosed, the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has put the global organization responsible for conducting tests, WADA, on blast.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usada.org\/statement\/tygart-wadas-defense-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement released Saturday<\/a>, USADA\u2019s <strong>Travis T. Tygart<\/strong> called the situation \u201cdisappointing to see WADA stoop to threats and scare tactics when confronted with a blatant violation of the rules governing anti-doping.\u201d Tygart added that under normal procedures, athletes should have been disqualified and suspended provisionally, even if the results of their positive tests could be attributed to contamination.<\/p>\n<p>Tygart added that USADA has previously called for changing rules around substances that can cause contamination of testing samples, but he added one sentence that \u201cTMZ is not in that category,\u201d hinting that Tygart does not believe the official story that the swimmers\u2019 samples were tainted by food consumed at a training camp.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart on WADA\u2019s Defense Tactics<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tu5NsAZDMM\">https:\/\/t.co\/tu5NsAZDMM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7hbS8hbrJx\">pic.twitter.com\/7hbS8hbrJx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USADA (@usantidoping) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usantidoping\/status\/1781752245542846729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In this situation, WADA accepted CHINADA\u2019s claim that the swimmers were not at fault. WADA had previously stated that the organization was not in a position to disprove the possibility that contamination was the source of TMZ and it was compatible with the analytical data in the file. WADA also concluded that, given the specific circumstances of the asserted contamination, the athletes would be held to have no fault or negligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tygart noted that in all potential contamination cases under USADA\u2019s jurisdiction, the organization has followed very different procedures from the ones CHINADA and WADA employed here. \u201c[I]n all contamination cases that we have proven, we provisionally suspended the athlete, disqualified the results, found a violation, and issued an announcement as required by the rules,\u201d Tygart said. \u201cTransparency is the key to shining the light in the darkness, and here, by not following the rules, WADA and CHINADA have left clean athletes in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the issuance of Tygart\u2019s statement, WADA fired back with a follow-up: \u201cThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is astonished by the outrageous, completely false and defamatory remarks made by the CEO of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), Travis Tygart, who has made very serious accusations against WADA in connection with the case of 23 swimmers from China that was reported upon by the media earlier today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WADA went on to call Tygart\u2019s allegations \u201cpolitically motivated and delivered with the intention of undermining WADA\u2019s work to protect clean sport around the world.\u201d WADA then defended the results of the investigation conducted in 2021 and claimed that Tygart\u2019s allegations were not backed by evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the statement concluded with one sentence in bold text that threatened a lawsuit: \u201cIt should be noted that following Mr. Tygart\u2019s false allegations, WADA has no choice but to refer this matter to its legal counsel for further action.\u201d It wasn&#8217;t the first threat of legal action by WADA on the weekend, with the organization also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wada-ama.org\/en\/news\/wada-statement-case-23-swimmers-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ending its original statement on the case<\/a> with the proviso that, &#8220;Following the misleading information that has been published this week, including on social media, WADA reserves its right to take legal action as appropriate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full statement from Tygart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usada.org\/statement\/tygart-wadas-defense-tactics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, and check out WADA&#8217;s response <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wada-ama.org\/en\/news\/wada-statement-following-comments-ceo-united-states-anti-doping-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/american-swimmers-told-of-chinese-doping-violations-at-tokyo-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Swimmers Told of Chinese Doping Violations at Tokyo Olympics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/twenty-three-chinese-swimmers-cleared-to-compete-at-tokyo-olympics-where-some-won-gold-despite-positive-drug-tests-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">23 Chinese Swimmers Cleared To Compete At Tokyo Olympics Where Some Won Gold Despite Positive Drug Tests: Reports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wada-releases-statement-on-chinese-doping-positives-claims-all-steps-were-properly-followed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WADA Releases Statement on Chinese Doping Positives; Threatens Legal Action<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/column-lack-of-transparency-in-chinese-doping-tests-a-glaring-failure-of-anti-doping-authorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"\u201cColumn: Lack of Transparency in Chinese Doping Tests a Glaring Failure of Anti-Doping Authorities\u201d (Edit)\">Column: Lack of Transparency in Chinese Doping Tests a Glaring Failure of Anti-Doping Authorities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/what-happened-to-strict-liability-adam-peaty-hits-back-at-wada-over-chinese-doping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"\u201c\u2018What happened to strict liability?\u2019 Adam Peaty Hits Back at WADA over Chinese Doping\u201d (Edit)\">\u2018What happened to strict liability?\u2019 Adam Peaty Hits Back at WADA over Chinese Doping<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USADA CEO Travis Tygart Blasts WADA\u2019s &#8216;Defense Tactics&#8217; 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