中国反兴奋剂中心于6月15日就《纽约时报》提出的中国游泳运动员克仑特罗案件的相关问题进行了回复，但后续未见到《纽约时报》相关报道，现进行公开回应如下：

中国反兴奋剂中心注意到近期《纽约时报》等媒体擅自发布未经公开的文件信息，泄露包括未成年运动员在内的运动员隐私，将肉食品污染导致的克仑特罗阳性事件歪曲为运动员服用违禁药物事件，严重违背了新闻媒体的职业道德，误导了公众对反兴奋剂工作的认知，严重损害了中国反兴奋剂中心、世界反兴奋剂机构和全球反兴奋剂体系的声誉，对此我们表示强烈不满和坚决反对。针对《纽约时报》等媒体所发表的违背基本事实的报道和言论，中国反兴奋剂中心保留采取适当法律行动的权利。

对于《纽约时报》非法泄露的三名中国游泳运动员信息，世界反兴奋剂机构已经证实，他们分别在2016和2017年被查出极低浓度的克仑特罗阳性，浓度大约是比目前规定的最低报告水平5ng/mL低6到50倍。实际上，他们三人在2016-2017年一共接受了中国反兴奋剂中心和FINA实施的72次检查，平均每人每年接受12次检查，仅分别出现过1次极低浓度的克仑特罗阳性。接到实验室的阳性报告后，中国反兴奋剂中心按照《世界反兴奋剂条例》和相关国际标准以及世界反兴奋剂机构发布的关于克仑特罗案件的指引，分别开展了全面、深入、细致的调查，综合考虑运动员尿样中克仑特罗浓度、饮食情况和接受兴奋剂检查的情况、肉食品检测结果和市场调查结果等相关证据，最终得出结论，上述运动员的克仑特罗阳性结果是食用了受污染的肉食品导致的偶发性事件，因此免予处罚。相关案件的处理决定也及时通报了WADA和FINA，并得到了WADA和FINA的认可。

在此重申，中国反兴奋剂中心将一如既往地秉承独立、公正、专业、权威的工作理念和宗旨，坚决维护运动员的合法权益和体育运动的纯洁性。同时，反兴奋剂斗争是一项长期、复杂而艰巨的工作，需要全社会的共同参与和支持。我们真诚地希望媒体朋友们本着对公众负责的态度，尊重事实，尊重科学，尊重规则，客观公正地报道上述事件，以确保公平对待因为食品或环境污染等原因无意摄入禁用物质的运动员，同时抵制真正使用兴奋剂的运动员，为维护运动员的合法权益和体育运动的公平竞争，维护全球反兴奋剂体系的稳定、团结和进步共同努力。

CHINADA Response to Questions from New York Times on Clenbuterol Cases Involving Chinese Swimmers

On June 17, China Anti-Doping Agency(CHINADA) responded to questions raised by the New York Times regarding the clenbuterol case involving Chinese swimmers, but did not see any follow-up reports from the New York Times. Our public statement is as follows:

CHINADA has noticed the unauthorized disclosure of unpublished documents and information, and the privacy of the athletes (including minors) by media outlets including the New York Times, who misinterpreted the positive findings for clenbuterol caused by meat contamination as intentional doping by the athletes. This is a violation of the media ethics and morals, an attempt to mislead public understanding on anti-doping work and has caused a severe damage on the reputation of WADA, CHINADA and the global anti-doping system. CHINADA deplores and rejects this, and reserves its right to take legal action as appropriate against the New York Times and other media for their reports and statements that are contrary to basic facts.

As for the three Chinese swimmers whose information was illegally disclosed, WADA has confirmed that they tested positive for extremely low concentration of clenbuterol in 2016 and 2017. Each of them was found to have levels of clenbuterol between six and 50 times lower than the minimum reporting level of 5ng/mL that is currently in place. In fact, these three athletes received a total of 72 tests conducted by both CHINADA and FINA(now known as the World Aquatics) between 2016 and 2017. That means 12 tests per athlete per year on average. Only one positive result for extremely low concentration of clenbuterol was detected for each one of them. After receiving the AAF reports from the laboratory, CHINADA conducted a thorough, in-depth and detailed investigation into the cases in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and WADA’s guidance concerning clenbuterol cases. Taking into consideration evidence including the concentration of clenbuterol in the athletes’ urine samples, their diets and testing history, analysis results of the meat product and market survey, it was concluded that the AAFs for clenbuterol were an isolated case as a result of athletes’ ingestion of meat contaminated with clenbuterol. Therefore, it was decided that no sanctions would be imposed on the athletes involved. The decisions of these cases were submitted to WADA and FINA in a timely manner and were recognized by them. 

We hereby reiterate that CHINADA, as always, will work for the rights and interests of clean athletes and the integrity in sport with a firm attitude and principle of independence, impartiality, professionalism and authority. At the same time, the fight against doping is a long-term, complex and arduous task that requires the participation and support of all stakeholders. We sincerely hope that colleagues from the media will, based on responsibility for the public, cover the cases objectively and fairly by respecting the fact, following the science and obeying the rules to treat fairly the athletes unknowingly taking prohibited substances due to food or environmental contamination, and to concentrate on cases involving real dopers. We would like to work together with you for the protection of the legitimate rights and interest of athletes and clean sport, and for the stability, collaboration, harmonized development and improvement of the global anti-doping system.