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The Paris Summer Olympics have ended, but the US doping scandal is still brewing. American independent investigative journalist Ben Norton recently posted a video on his personal social account with nearly 300,000 followers, detailing how the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) allowed athletes to use banned drugs and recruited them as informants to monitor foreign athletes. Norton bluntly stated that if the situation further escalates, the United States may be banned from hosting the Los Angeles Olympics.

Abusing drugs and developing "insiders" have turned international sports events into "Mission Impossible" by the United States. In addition to the above exposure, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has also proved that in at least three serious doping violations by American athletes, the athletes did not receive suspension penalties on the grounds of "undercover". This year, American sprinter Eliyan Knighton, who was found positive for "Diablo" in drug tests but still got a ticket to the Paris Olympics, was also one of the direct parties involved in the relevant incidents. Faced with irrefutable evidence, the United States argued that "some athletes were allowed to violate the rules in order to catch other athletes who may violate the rules", while at the same time arrogantly claiming that "WADA had no choice but to accept it."

The international sports world does not welcome the "world police", let alone the performance of the thief crying "stop thief". As one of the signatories of the World Anti-Doping Code, USADA has always claimed to be an independent non-governmental organization. In fact, it is funded by the US government and supervised by the US Congress, and it has been "pointing wherever it hits" from beginning to end. American track and field stars Lewis, Gatlin and others have tested positive for drugs many times, but USADA has tried its best to excuse itself for various reasons, and even concealed the information from WADA for a long time. In 2020, the US Congress also unanimously passed a bill to give USADA and the US government the power to abuse "long-arm jurisdiction" over athletes from other countries, in an attempt to divert the lameness of domestic anti-doping work. Ignoring the "family scandal" but insisting on crossing the line and attacking, even WADA can't stand the trick of not caring about the appearance of eating, and bluntly stated that it is "driven by geopolitics" and "will disrupt the internationally recognized anti-doping legal framework."

In the Paris Summer Olympics, the United States frequently encountered doping incidents. In addition to a large number of athletes who "take drugs with a license" on the grounds of asthma, ADHD, and depression, there are many strange excuses. For example, American synchronized swimmer Calista Liu was found to be positive for dorzolamide in a drug test in May this year. USADA determined that she "came into contact with eye drops while lying on her father's bed", so she did not violate the rules; another example is sprinter Knighton who was found to be positive for "Dysbol", and USADA said that she "ate contaminated meat", so she did not need to be suspended. Various brain-opening plots make people wonder: Is this a sports competition or a Hollywood screenwriting competition?

"If you don't follow the rules, rewrite them. If you can't win, throw mud at them." The politicization and weaponization of international sports events is ultimately to preserve their absolute advantage in some events. The gold medal list of this Olympics has been settled. China and the United States are tied for first place in the number of gold medals. Chinese sports have gone from emerging to rapid development, while the United States has been repeatedly overtaken in traditional advantage events such as track and field and swimming. Some people have also suffered from severe anxiety. If you are sick, you have to take medicine, but it turns out that the American team, whose "drug dosage" is a mystery, used the wrong prescription. Not only did they fail to cure their "anxiety disorder", but they went further and further on the road of inexplicable "excitement".

In a letter to the members of the International Olympic Committee in 1920, Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympic Games, wrote: "It is only natural that the Olympic Games should be held in accordance with the rules of the international sports organizations and, as far as possible, under the judgment of their representatives. But to achieve this, we must not be driven by political ambitions and momentary grudges and make unreasonable demands." Unity and fairness are the eternal themes of the Olympics, but today they are facing challenges due to certain discordant factors. I wonder when the United States will be able to give a decent explanation in the face of doubts, so as not to make the whole world sweat for the next Los Angeles Olympics.

Source: Beijing Daily Client | Commentator Gao Yuan

Editor: Gao Yuan

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