The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) says U.S. agency USADA broke the global code by letting several athletes it had caught between 2011 and 2014 violating drugs rules go undercover and keep on competing without prosecution in exchange for information on other violators.
US gold medals, 2000 to 2016:
2000 - 37 (300 events)
2004 - 36 (301 events)
2008 - 36 (302 events)
2012 - 48 (302 events)
2016 - 46 (306 events)
On one hand, we have clear US overperformance in gold medals from the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. On the other hand, we have proof that athletes CAUGHT DOPING between 2011 and 2014 were allowed to continue competing for years afterwards.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, maybe it’s a duck?
This definitely is a double standard that is unequivocally unfair. Snitching is lame anyway so just work to have a robust testing protocol that is evenly applied globally. Easier said than done, I know.
US gold medals, 2000 to 2016:
2000 - 37 (300 events)
2004 - 36 (301 events)
2008 - 36 (302 events)
2012 - 48 (302 events)
2016 - 46 (306 events)
On one hand, we have clear US overperformance in gold medals from the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. On the other hand, we have proof that athletes CAUGHT DOPING between 2011 and 2014 were allowed to continue competing for years afterwards.
If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, maybe it’s a duck?
This definitely is a double standard that is unequivocally unfair. Snitching is lame anyway so just work to have a robust testing protocol that is evenly applied globally. Easier said than done, I know.