August 8, 2024

A statement released by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has questioned the integrity of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which has allowed athletes who had doped to compete for years, in direct contravention of the World Anti-Doping Code and USADA's own rules.

"This USADA scheme threatened the integrity of sporting competitions, which the Code seeks to protect," read the statement. "Contrary to the claims made by USADA, WADA did not sign off on this practice of permitting drug cheats to compete for years on the promise that they would try to obtain incriminating evidence against others."

WADA also said it found at least three cases where athletes who had committed serious anti-doping rule violations were allowed to continue to compete for years while they acted as undercover agents for USADA, without notifying WADA.

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