Final preparations are underway for the Paris Olympics opening ceremony where a parade of the world’s greatest athletes will sail along the Seine river.
WASHINGTON — The two leaders of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee sent a letter Friday to the president of the world's anti-doping agency demanding answers about how they'll “ensure fair competition” ahead of the Paris Olympic games this summer and crack down on the possible use of performance-enhancing drugs.
has defended its decision not to take action, saying it had “no concrete basis to challenge the asserted contamination” and called media reports about the episode “misleading.” Cantwell and Cruz end by asking the World Anti-Doping Agency head what measure the organization will take “to ensure fair competition” and how the organization will “ensure transparency and coordination between individual countries’ Anti-Doping Agencies leading up to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games.
do everything in its power to ensure fair competition,” the senators wrote in the letter. Explaining their jurisdiction, they added: “The Standing Rules of the Senate provide the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation the authority and duty to 'review and study, on a continuing basis' both sports and matters relating to agencies under the committee’s jurisdiction, including sports agencies such as the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
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