Over the weekend we learned that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance just 7 months before the 2021 Olympics. But China came up with an excuse, claiming the hearth drug TMZ had been ingested by the athletes unwittingly because it was present in the kitchen of a hotel they were staying at.
China never did explain why a prescription heart medication was found in a hotel kitchen and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) couldn’t dispute the story because in 2021 China was completely shut down because of the pandemic. But several of those Chinese swimmers went on to win gold medals and now that the doping has been revealed, people are understandably angry.
The Times identified five events at the Tokyo Games in which Chinese swimmers who had tested positive for a banned substance won medals, including three golds.
Paige Madden, a member of the U.S. 4×200 freestyle…
