Wada drops defamation lawsuit against Usada and Travis Tygart over Chinese swimmers case
The case involving Chinese swimmers was released in April last year. Wada shows no bias And reasonable actions were taken.
Tygart once again criticized and called on WADA to conduct a “more thorough” audit of investigators appointed by neutral third-party.
Tensions between the two organizations remained high since then.
WADA said in July that USADA will face compliance scrutiny, while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) changed its custody contract for the 2034 Winter Olympics to enable it to deprive the Olympics of Salt Lake City if U.S. authorities do not respect the “supreme authority” “Wada.
Last month, USADA said it “fully” supported the U.S. government’s decision to pay WADA $3.6 million (£2.8 million).
By abandoning the lawsuit, Wada said, “put it behind the scenes and work with our stakeholders to move forward for the benefit of all athletes around the world.”
However, it also said it determined that “againing argument with people who are unwilling to accept clear evidence is futile, with the only goal being to damage Wada and the global anti-doping system and who do not want to find a solution”.
Tygart’s response to WADA remains critical, saying his behavior is “retaliatory, wasteful and abused”.
“It’s the people who value cleaning sports to step up their efforts, because athletes should have a fair, strong global oversight agency to protect their right to play,” he added.
WADA confirmed that it also targets ethics cases in the former U.S. Drug Office of the Office of Drug Control Policy, Rahul Gupta, director of U.S. National Drug Control Policy, who represents the U.S. Executive Committee.
