A U.S. Senate subcommittee has called for reforms within the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), citing concerns over China's influence after 23 Chinese swimmers went unpunished for doping. The panel criticized WADA for a lack of transparency and accountability, emphasizing that such incidents undermine trust in the agency's leadership. WADA declined to attend the hearing, describing it as a political distraction. The situation reflects broader tensions in international sports governance, highlighting the urgent need for integrity in anti-doping efforts.
"WADA has failed to provide answers. All they have provided is threats, stonewalling and intimidation," said subcommittee chairman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). "My colleagues and I will not be silenced or intimidated."
WADA officials declined an invitation to appear at the hearing; a committee source told ESPN that WADA's response was 'a verbal, 'we're not engaging anymore.'"
U.S. and some other western anti-doping officials called WADA's defense 'absurd,' a word that WADA has used when defending allegations that its decision was corrupt or incorrect.
WADA will not be distracted by today's senate hearing, which is another political effort led by Travis Tygart, the CEO of the WADA's U.S. affiliate, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
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