On Friday, April 19, sources told SwimSwam that the gold-medal-winning Chinese women’s 800 Free Relay from the Tokyo Olympics would be disqualified and that the silver-medal USA women’s team would be bumped up to gold.
The next morning, the Herald Sun reported that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for TMZ in January of 2021 at a training camp, just a few months before the Tokyo Olympic Games. Many of those athletes went on to win medals in Tokyo. No one had heard about this until now.
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Olympic Swimmers React to Chinese Doping Scandal: ‘Ban Them All and Never Compete Again’
0:00 Background Information
0:55 23 Swimmers Test Positive for TMZ in January 2021
1:45 All 23 Swimmers Acquitted, No one informed of Tests
3:30 Trimetazidine
3:44 Why This is Problematic
6:30 USADA’s Response, WADA’s Clap Back
11:03 Swimmers and Coaches Reaction
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