Article 6MDE4 Inside anti-doping’s civil war: anger and suspicion spill into the open

Inside anti-doping’s civil war: anger and suspicion spill into the open

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Sean Ingle
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Doping case with Chinese swimmers has brought years of pent-up feeling into public domain - and shows no sign of stopping

At its glitzy 25th anniversary gala in Lausanne last month, the World Anti-Doping Agency screened a slick montage highlighting how it had changed sport for the better. There were images of Muhammad Ali defying Parkinson's to light the Olympic flame and Pele lifting the World Cup, before a history lesson - and a promise. Today Wada is a more representative, accountable and transparent organisation," explained its director general, Olivier Niggli, that truly has athletes at the heart of everything we do."

Not everyone in the room was buying it - one source felt it was too PR-focused, while another raised their eyebrows when Thomas Bach - the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - and the former Wada president Sir Craig Reedie picked up awards. However, frustrations with Wada were largely limited to corridor conversations. It turned out to be the relative calm before the thermonuclear storm.

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