Despite growing criticism from many in the sport world and American groups specifically, the International Olympic Committee validated the World Anti-Doping Agency’s independent report in the case of 23 positive tests from China and expressed its "full confidence" in the global watchdog.

No rest for the World Anti-Doping Agency on the Chinese doping probe as Global Athlete and FairSport issue a joint statement following the independent prosecutor’s findings, which USADA says “leaves most critical questions unanswered”.

WADA “disappointed” by the American Department of Justice’s investigation of the 2021 contamination case of 23 athletes from China, again cites concerns over the Rodchenkov Act and the latest subpoena of executive director Brent Nowicki.

The Chinese Anti-Doping Agency warned that it would “never” share its information regarding the athletes that tested positive in recent Olympic Games after US Congress demanded details of the probe be made public. Tensions between American officials, the Asian country and WADA keep mounting.

Swimming icons like Michael Phelps and Allison Schmitt took the stand on Tuesday and called out the World Anti-Doping Agency for its handling of 23 positive tests from Chinese rivals prior to the Tokyo 2002 Olympics. The global watchdog lashed back on Wednesday, as global tension keeps mounting.

In a US Congress hearing on Tuesday in which they questioned the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of the 2021 Chinese swimming drugs scandal, the two great American swimming legends asked for significant reform at the global body’s core.

American sprinter Erriyon Knighton, who tested positive in an anti-doping control earlier this year, has been cleared to compete in the upcoming track and field trials following an arbitration decision, according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

From Australia to America, the newest revelation by The New York Times on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s alleged mishandling of doping cases from China’s swimming team has sparked varied levels of outrage, be it from officials, coaches or the athletes themselves.

The World Anti-Doping Agency hit back on Friday at the American newspaper’s report that it had known well before the Tokyo Olympics that swimmers from China had tested positive for clenbuterol, all the way back to 2016 before the Rio Games, calling its coverage “sensationalist and inaccurate”.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has accused World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka of defaming US athletes in an attempt to divert attention from WADA's handling of the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Just as it sparred again with the United States Anti-doping Agency (USADA), the global body updated its Foundation Board on the latest developments in the scandal involving the 23 swimmers from China in 2021 and insisted on food contamination as the source of the failed tests.

The former World Anti-Doping Agency President discussed the fall-out from the Chinese swimmers doping scandal and accused the agency from the other side of the border of seeking to undermine the global body with "lies and distortions".

While the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) tries to defuse the constant blowback from the Chinese swimmers doping scandal, the American governing body is keeping the pressure on with a new 16-page document emphasizing its “deep concern” over the current state of affairs.

 Thomas Bach has the World Anti-Doping Agency’s back regarding the organization’s handling of positive drug tests by 23 Chinese swimmers prior to the 2021 Tokyo Games. The head of the International Olympic Committee left no room for doubt in an exclusive interview with AFP on Friday.