"For an organisation reportedly part of a criminal investigation by US law enforcement, the continued and blatantly false attacks from Wada president [Witold] Banka are a telling smoke screen, Tygart said. His attempts to smear America and our US Olympic and professional athletes is a desperate attempt to divert attention away from his failure in allowing China to sweep 23 positive tests under the carpet."
"Those who value clean and fair sport should stand up and demand that Wada be fixed. Tygart said that a failure to stop the Chinese swimmers who failed drug tests from competing in the Tokyo Games, had allowed certain athletes to have their own Enhanced Games. Wada and Usada have been at odds over the Chinese swimming scandal since details were revealed by reporting last year."
US Anti-Doping Agency accused the World Anti-Doping Agency of attempting to smear America and divert attention from its role in the 2021 Chinese swimming scandal. WADA described the planned Enhanced Games in Las Vegas as dangerous and urged action to stop the pro-doping event. USADA criticised WADA for allegedly allowing 23 positive Chinese tests to be overlooked and called for WADA to be reformed. An independent review previously faulted WADA's disorganisation but did not find bias. The United States government defaulted on $3.6m of funding to WADA, a decision supported by USADA. USADA affirmed cooperation with FIFA and the International Testing Agency to protect upcoming major events.
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