Wada will take take the US anti-doping agency to an independent committee in a move that could jeopardise the US hosting the 2028 and 2034 Games
The World Anti-Doping Agency will take the United States Anti-Doping Agency to the Independent Compliance Review Committee next month, a landmark move that could jeopardise the country hosting the 2028 and 2034 Olympics.
Any country wanting to compete in or stage an international sporting event must be compliant with the anti-doping code, meaning if the review went against the US it would have to forfeit participating in and hosting the Olympics. They are due to host the summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028 and the 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.for the banned heart medication trimetazidine at a training camp in 2021 but still competed at the Tokyo Olympics later that year.
Usada chief Travis Tygart has publicly accused Wada of a cover-up over its handling of the case, and in May a US House of Representatives committee called on the Department of Justice to launch inquiries before the Paris Olympics into the doping case that has rocked swimming. Usada said in a statement that Wada’s move to take the US to the compliance comittee was retaliatory.
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