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FILE - Poland's Sports Minister Witold Banka speaks during an interview March 18, 2019, in Warsaw, Poland. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators sent a letter Wednesday, May 22, 2024, to Banka, now the leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency, asking about the case in which 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite positive tests for a banned drug. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

On Chinese doping case, lawmakers demand action, answers from Olympic and law-enforcement leaders

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators have sent a letter to the leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency asking for answers about the case in which 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite positive tests for a banned drug

By Eddie Pells
Published - May 22, 2024, 07:48 PM ET
Last Updated - May 27, 2024, 12:27 AM EDT

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators sent a letter Wednesday to the leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency asking for answers about the case in which 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite positive tests for a banned drug.

That letter came a day after a bipartisan group from the House sent a similar request to IOC President Thomas Bach and a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for a briefing on federal investigators' knowledge of the case.

Last month, German broadcaster ARD and the New York Times reported that Chinese authorities determined the swimmers who had tested positive for a banned heart medication would not be punished because they had accidentally ingested the banned heart medication found in a hotel kitchen.

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