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Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps Testifies to Congress About Alleged Chinese Cheating

Mr. Phelps urged lawmakers to confront the World Anti-Doping Agency for allowing Chinese swimmers to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite failing a drug test.
Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps Testifies to Congress About Alleged Chinese Cheating
Michael Phelps, former Olympic athlete, speaks during an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on "Examining Anti-Doping Measures in Advance of the 2024 Olympics" on Capitol Hill on June 25, 2024. Nathan Howard/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Former Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps called on Congress on June 25 to confront the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over alleged Chinese cheating.

“Congress continues to consolidate its considerable leverage of WADA to make the organization independent and effective. It can’t reasonably be a coincidence that WADA has yet again succumbed to the pressures of international sport,” Mr. Phelps said in his opening testimony before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing examining anti-doping measures ahead of this year’s Olympics.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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