Is the United States going too far in the matter of Chinese swimmers doped by contamination? Dick Pound (photo above), the former senior member of the IOC (he is now an honorary member), believes so. According to him, their application of the Rodchenkov law, which allows them to pursue anyone linked to a case of doping anywhere in the world, even risks jeopardizing their hosting of the Summer Games in 2028 and Winter Games in 2034. “ This legislation does not comply with the anti-doping code, declared the Canadian to the agency Reuters. I think one of the steps that WADA is going to take at this point is to refer this matter to the Compliance Review Committee. And when the subject is reviewed, it will be decided that the United States is not in compliance. This would mean they would not be able to host the Olympics. » Important clarification: Dick Pound, now 82 years old, chaired WADA between 1999 and 2007. « We must remember the context of this affair, continued the former lawyer. It was a national competition, an internal competition within China, there was not an American within 6.000 miles. Now, all of a sudden, they're trying to pass this off as a violation of the Rodchenkov Law. It's absurd. I think USADA and the United States are in danger of putting themselves out of business in a way that could jeopardize the 2028 and 2034 Games." Dick Pound is not the first to highlight the danger that the United States could run by persisting in its federal investigation into the affair of the 23 Chinese swimmers cleared by WADA. Last week, the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) made a very similar speech, explaining in a press release that the United States' decision to subpoena the executive director of World Aquatics, Brent Nowicki, risked to compromise the organization of international competitions on American soil. A position, and a threat, shared on the same day by the WOF (Winter Olympic Federations), the winter counterpart of the ASOIF.
