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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

In a shocking move on Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee moved to crush U.S. inquiries into a Chinese sports doping scandal, by threatening to reject Salt Lake City's bid to host the Winter Games in 2034.

In a series of fierce statements coordinated by IOC President Thomas Bach, top IOC committee members blasted U.S. officials for opening probes into handling of the China case by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Ingmar De Vos, an IOC committee member from Belgium said a probe by the U.S. Congress and a criminal investigation launched by the U.S. Department of Justice"are extremely worrying and basically, for us, unacceptable."

In an unprecedented move, the IOC demanded that officials in Utah — along with U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) — sign a contract affirming "respect" for the authority of WADA in exchange for Wednesday's agreement to hold the 2034 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.

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[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

Fine, reject the bid, we don’t need to be spending money on that right now. But if they get to dope, then everyone should, just have a roided out sports competition.

[-] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago

Like there's going to be any snow in 2034.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

Or even the namesake lake.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

I recently watched the ESPN 30 for 30 about how the IOC railroaded world record Olympic sprinter Butch Reynolds. It’s called “False Positive”. The doc does a great job of showing how corrupt and self serving the IOC is. The whole thing is a fucking racket

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Now check out when Michael Phelps told Congress that most swimmers have little to no faith in WADA.

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