One athlete is allegedly competing at the Olympic Games despite the positive test.
An Olympic athlete was 'secretly' cleared to compete in the 2024 Paris Games despite testing positive for a banned substance, according to whistleblowers.is the pinnacle of the sporting calendar, but the 2024 Paris Games have already been overshadowed by a number of incidents that are seemingly at odds with the spirit of the competition.
Now it has emerged that a Chinese swimmer is competing at the games despite testing positive for a banned steroid in 2022., China's Olympic committee allegedly dismissed the positive tests late last year and claimed that the athletes had unknowingly consumed the substance by eating hamburgers at a restaurant in Beijing.
One of the swimmers is Tang Muhan, who may participate in China's bid to defend their gold medal in the 4x200 meter relay team event on Thursday. When approached for comment by the NYT, Chinada - China's antidoping authority - said that it "has always maintained a scientific, rigorous and objective attitude, adhered to a firm stance of ‘zero tolerance’ for doping, and has always carried out its antidoping work in strict accordance" with global rules.
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