The World Anti-Doping Agency has defended its choice of veteran Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier to review how it handled the case of positive doping tests by 23 Chinese swimmers. WADA says Cottier is “entirely independent” of the agency and international sports.
Swiss lawyer Eric Cottier looks on in Renens, Switzerland, March 3, 2016. Swiss lawyer Eric Cottier speaks in Lausanne, Switzerland, May 15, 2013. OLY--WADA-Special Prosecutor. Swiss lawyer Eric Cottier looks on in Renens, Switzerland, March 3, 2016. Swiss lawyer Eric Cottier looks on in Renens, Switzerland, March 3, 2016. Swiss lawyer Eric Cottier speaks in Lausanne, Switzerland, May 15, 2013. OLY--WADA-Special Prosecutor. Swiss lawyer Eric Cottier speaks in Lausanne, Switzerland, May 15, 2013.
The positive tests, including for three Chinese swimmers who won gold medals in Tokyo, were eventually detailed April 20 after months-long investigations by ARD and the New York Times.Anti-doping watchdog asks Swiss prosecutor to review its handling of Chinese Olympic swimming caseFor 17 years through 2022, Cottier was the attorney general of Vaud, the home canton of the International Olympic Committee where WADA has its European office in Lausanne.
During the last 13 years that Cottier was chief public prosecutor, the Vaud police commander was Jacques Antenen, who also worked with WADA from 2018 until last December as supervising auditor of the doping watchdog’s investigations team.
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