Six questions about the US doping scandal
2024-08-12
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On August 12, Beijing time, the Paris Olympics closed. The competition on the field has come to an end, but the struggle to maintain the spirit of sports is still going on, and the doping scandal in the United States is still fermenting. The next Olympics will be held in Los Angeles, USA. In order to restore the world's confidence in American sports, the United States must first explain to the world what is going on with so many "American bizarre events" surrounding this Olympics?
1 Question
My father dropped eye drops on the bed.
My daughter tested positive for drugs as soon as she lay down?
Among the American athletes participating in this Olympics, more than one person was exposed to have tested positive for drugs before the game, but the US officials not only did not punish them, they also gave full play to their imagination and wrote a "mistaken ingestion" reason that the global audience could not understand.
American synchronized swimmer Calista Liu tested positive for dorzolamide (a diuretic and concealing agent) in a drug test in May this year, but the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) "timely" determined that she had not violated the rules before the start of the Olympics on the grounds that the athlete's father used eye drops containing this ingredient, and her skin came into contact with the eye drops while she was lying on her father's bed, thus absorbing the banned substance.
So the question is, how much eye drops can a person put on the bed? How much eye drops can a person who does not live with his parents, but only goes home to visit regularly, lie in bed for a while, touch? How much eye drops can penetrate the skin into the human body and flow into the blood? Is the amount of eye drops that leaked on the bed sheet enough to make the drug concentration in the blood exceed the standard? Is the silver medal won by the American synchronized swimming team a shame?
"The Amazing Adventure of Eye Drops" is just the tip of the iceberg of "accidental ingestion stories" by American athletes. In addition to "lying on the wrong bed sheets", there are also various imaginative plots such as "wearing the wrong clothes", "kissing the wrong person", and "eating the wrong meat".
2 Questions
Dare to do but not to take responsibility,
Can the US official statement also be retracted?
In order to exonerate its athletes, the United States is willing to tell stories of "accidental ingestion" that challenge the audience's common sense. But every time they find a reason and lift the ban, the US officials will quietly delete the "whitewashing" statement, as if they had never said it.
△Now searching on the US Anti-Doping Agency's official website, the statement can no longer be found, only the arbitration records that must be retained
In this Olympics, synchronized swimmer Calista and track and field athlete Elijan Knighton also enjoyed this "service" from the United States. They tested positive for doping in May and March respectively, but coincidentally, the US official exoneration statements for the two were issued before the Olympics, "in time" preserving their eligibility to participate, and then the US Anti-Doping Agency's official website "in time" deleted the statements.
In a statement supporting Eliyan Knighton, the president of the United States Anti-Doping Agency claimed that the verdict against him was "justice served and information was open and transparent." If the US statement is so "just" and "open," why did it publish it at the latest time and delete it at the fastest speed? Can't they even take responsibility for what they said?
3 Questions
The swimming team has a "Thanos" per capita.
Not only no explanation, but also photoshopped the picture?
In the swimming competition of this Olympic Games, the whole world saw the "purple potato man" from the United States. Why are the American athletes the ones whose faces turned into "purple potato"? Why did they have normal complexions before, but turned into "Thanos" in this competition?
△Left is the color-corrected picture of the Associated Press, right is the picture of Reuters
Faced with such a "visible" trick, the U.S.'s reaction was to cover its eyes. Comparing the photos of the same person at the same time and angle released by various Western media, it is easy to see that the U.S. media deliberately adjusted the color and made the purple face of its athletes white. The problem is, not the whole world only watches the U.S. media. Will such an operation of covering one's ears and stealing the bell work?
4 Questions
The "patient" is the main one and the "informant" is the auxiliary one.
How many normal people are left on the US team?
The World Anti-Doping Agency disclosed a few days ago that they found that the United States had been shielding at least three athletes who had committed serious drug violations for many years, and the reason was that they had developed these people into "informants." These "informants" had been participating in competitions and winning awards normally throughout their careers. They were just "cheating on orders." How could we expect them to catch cheaters?
More common than "informants" are "patients" who are "licensed drug users." A few years ago, Russian hackers broke into the database of the World Anti-Doping Agency. According to the information they revealed, during the 2016 Rio Olympics, more than 70% of the members of the US swimming team and more than 74% of the members of the track and field team enjoyed drug exemptions due to "illness," including star athletes such as Phelps, Biles, and the Williams sisters.
Relying on "patients" to win gold medals and covering up in the name of "catching cheating", this blatant logical paradox of American sports is both ridiculous and infuriating.
5 Questions
I can't control myself.
Do you still want to "long-arm jurisdiction" over the whole world?
The President of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Banka, has repeatedly reminded that "90% of American athletes do not comply with international anti-doping regulations." The United States is the country that is most likely to "take drugs" and the country that likes to find fault with other countries the most.
Ironically, the US Anti-Doping Act claims to have jurisdiction over doping issues around the world and various international competitions, but it cannot control domestic leagues such as the NBA and the NFL (National Football League). Being lenient with oneself and strict with others, what is the intention of such a "double standard"?
6 Questions
2028 Los Angeles Olympics,
Whoever disobeys will be arrested by the United States?
In order to win a few gold medals, the United States not only made various small moves in the sports world, but also used various "out-of-the-box" tactics in the political and media circles, trying their best to suppress their opponents. The International Testing Agency (ITA) admitted that it was the slander and hype of the US media that led to the Chinese swimming team being subjected to additional testing.
Even the US Department of Justice and the FBI have gotten involved. According to US law, officials from international sports organizations are also potential targets of enforcement.
The next Olympic Games will be held in the United States, but the United States' perverse behavior has made athletes from all over the world, and even the International Olympic Committee, reluctant to participate. They asked: Will the US government arrest them if they disagree? The answer from Gene Sykes, the president of the US Olympic Committee, was: Don't worry, but if the US police really come to find them, he can't do anything.
Editor: Deng Shuhong
