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.

On Tuesday, the US Anti-Doping Agency issued a call for significant reforms within the World Anti-Doping Agency and urged for an impartial investigation into instances of Chinese swimmers testing positive before the Tokyo Olympics.

Again citing "no credible evidence of wrongdoing” in the handling of the positive tests of 23 swimmers from China before Tokyo 2021, World Anti-Doping Agency president Witold Banka referenced the case of Sun Yang, currently serving a four-year ban, and reprimanded “politically motivated” USADA.

The World Anti-Doping Agency slammed United States Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart for making "very serious allegations" following reports that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for Trimetazidine (TMZ) in 2021. Tygart responded by accusing WADA of using "threats and scare tactics".