The US may be disqualified from hosting the Olympic Games – 2024-07-21 00:33:13

Canadian lawyer Dick Pound, who led the creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), announced that the right to host the Olympic Games of the United States could be banned.

Publika.az reports that he said this could happen if American law enforcement agencies continue to be overzealous in investigating the high-profile doping scandal involving 23 Chinese swimmers whose positive samples were hidden from the public by WADA before the Tokyo Olympics (2021).

The US investigation is using the Rodchenkov Act, which extends the jurisdiction of the country’s law enforcement agencies to any international sporting events involving American athletes.

“This law does not comply with the anti-doping code. I assume that one of the steps that WADA will take at this stage is to present this particular matter to the compliance committee.”

I doubt the US will default if or when there is a hearing on this matter. This would mean that they would not be able to host the Olympics.

For context, China didn’t have a single American over 6,000 miles during the nationals. Now they suddenly try to bring it to the Rodchenkov violation, which is terrible.”

Awe