7月9日，世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）向全球公布了瑞士独立检察官针对23名中国游泳运动员无过错曲美他嗪案件的评审中期报告。7月15日，世界泳联反兴奋剂审查委员会也就该案件作出结论性报告。上述报告充分证明了中国反兴奋剂中心对该案件事实的调查和处理决定是合理的，也再次证明了一些国外媒体对中国游泳的报道失实，且并不存在美国反兴奋剂中心（USADA）、《纽约时报》、德国电视一台（ARD）等个别境外机构与国外媒体无端指控、刻意编造的“掩盖”问题。同时，证明现有的全球反兴奋剂体系是公开、透明和值得全球运动员信赖的。

中国反兴奋剂中心注意到ARD于7月19日发布了题为“肮脏的游戏”的纪录片，该视频再次对23名中国游泳运动员无过错曲美他嗪案件进行歪曲解读和断章取义。

ARD在纪录片中声称游泳运动员张睿轩曾在社交媒体上发布“我检查阳性，我怎么不知道这件事？”的消息。经与张睿轩本人核实，该运动员明确表示，自己从未在微博平台上发布上述消息。

再如，ARD声称，由于受新冠疫情影响，所涉的运动员一直在北京进行封闭训练。实际上，反兴奋剂中心在2021年3月开始调查时，第一时间就核对了运动员的行踪信息，又在调查过程中与运动员进行了逐一核实。证据表明，所涉的23名运动员实际在多个不同的地点训练并前往比赛地点，包括浙江、山东、云南、广东、上海、湖北等省份。有15名运动员在参赛之前都不在北京训练，也不从北京出发。

又如，ARD声称，2 名甚至可能更多游泳运动员没有住在赛会指定酒店，而是住在另一个地方。实际上，反兴奋剂中心在调查过程中，与中国游泳协会和所涉运动员逐一核实了住宿信息。证据能够表明，23名游泳运动员全部入住的是同一家赛会指定酒店，比赛期间均在该酒店就餐，且入住房间信息和同住人员姓名都能查到。没有住在该酒店的是河北省（赛事举办省份）的运动员，他们的食宿都在与竞赛场馆同一园区的本省训练基地，而这些运动员没有发生任何阳性结果，进一步证明了赛会指定酒店环境污染的可能性。

我们向WADA提交的事件调查报告中已就案件事实的调查和处理决定进行了充分的阐述和说明，ARD纪录片中所质疑的内容在事件调查报告中均有详实的证据予以解释和支撑。同时，中国反兴奋剂中心在配合FINA进行调查时，遵照要求提供了相关文件，经由FINA内部法律顾问、外部聘请专家审查，专家对阳性测试来源于食品污染并无异议。由此可见该媒体对中方的攻击抹黑是脱离事实、别有用心的，此举严重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的声誉，对此我们表示强烈谴责和坚决反对。

该媒体频繁炒作的背后，一方面是长期的意识形态偏执，使其基本丧失了以客观眼光看待中国反兴奋剂工作的能力；另一方面，是打着“追求真相”的幌子，企图掩饰将非法获取和擅自披露的案卷信息合法化的险恶用心，进而通过预设结论的所谓审查和调查，形成歪曲事实、误导公众的结论，实现其将污染事件政治化的目的。我们敦促ARD停止对中国反兴奋剂工作进行恶意抹黑，停止舆论操控、政治操弄的闹剧，恪守职业道德、伦理操守和有关法律规定，停止损害运动员对WADA和中国反兴奋剂中心，以及现行有效的全球反兴奋剂体系的信心和信任。

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、开放的工作理念和宗旨，坚决维护运动员的合法权益和体育运动的纯洁性。我们强烈呼吁媒体朋友们秉持实事求是、对公众负责的态度，客观公正地报道此事件，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 Statement Regarding the Misinformation in the Recent ARD Documentary

On 9th July, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) released to the world the interim report delivered by the Independent Prosecutor, Mr. Eric Cottier, regarding the no-fault contamination case involving 23 Chinese swimmers. On 15th July, the Anti-Doping Audit Review Committee of World Aquatics also published its conclusive report on the case.

These reports fully demonstrate that the China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA)’s investigation findings and decision on this case are reasonable, that the reports on Chinese swimming by some overseas media are once again untrue, and that there is no so-called “cover up” story as unfoundedly alleged and deliberately created by some individual organizations like the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and certain overseas media outlets including the New York Times and the German broadcaster ARD. At the same time, the two reports also prove that the existing global anti-doping system is open, transparent and trustworthy to athletes around the globe.

CHINADA has noted that ARD released a documentary entitled “DIRTY GAMES” on 19th July, which again distorts the facts and makes one-sided and wrong interpretation that is out of context about the no-fault Trimetazidine contamination case involving 23 Chinese swimmers. 

ARD claimed in the documentary that the swimmer Zhang Ruixuan posted on the social media platform Weibo that “I am positive. Why didn't I know that?” We checked with Zhang Ruixuan himself, who made it clear in written form that he had never posted the above message on Weibo.

Furthermore, ARD claimed that the athletes involved had been in closed training in Beijing due to the Covid. In fact, CHINADA checked the whereabouts information filed by the athletes at the first opportunity when the investigation was launched in March 2021, and confirmed the information with the athletes one by one during the investigation. There is solid evidence showing that the 23 swimmers were actually training in different training sites in many different provinces including Zhejiang, Shandong, Yunnan, Guangdong, Shanghai and Hubei before they travelled to the competition venue. More specifically, 15 of the 23 swimmers neither trained in Beijing before the Event nor travelled from Beijing to the Event.

In another example, ARD claimed that two or possibly even more of the swimmers involved were not accommodated at the Event-designated hotel, but at another location. The fact is, CHINADA checked the accommodation information with the China Swimming Association and the athletes involved one by one. Based on firm evidence, all the 23 swimmers were confirmed to have stayed and dined at the same one Event-designated hotel during the Event with the room information and the names of their roommates available. Those who did not stay at this hotel were athletes of the Heibei (the host province) team, who stayed and dined at the Hebei training site located at the same complex of the competition venue. No Adverse Analytical Findings (AAFs) were reported against these athletes from Hebei team, which further proves the possibility of environmental contamination in the Event-designated hotel.

CHINADA has fully elaborated and explained how we investigated the facts and made the decision on the case in the investigation report submitted to WADA. The issues questioned in the ARD documentary have been explained with detailed and tangible evidence in the investigation report. In addition, when cooperating with FINA (now World Aquatics) in the investigation, CHINADA submitted relevant documents to FINA as requested, which were then reviewed by FINA’s internal legal counsel and external experts, who had no objection that the AAFs resulted from food contamination. 

It then can be seen that ARD’s attack and smearing of the Chinese swimming are made out of fact based on ulterior motives, which has seriously misled the public perception of anti-doping work and tarnished the reputation of CHINADA. We strongly condemn and firmly reject it. 

What is behind the frequent hype around this case by ARD? On one hand, the long-term ideological prejudice of this media outlet has been laid bare, which has basically deprived it of the ability to take an objective view of China’s anti-doping work. On the other hand, this also reveals its vicious intention, under the guise of “seeking the truth”, to legitimize its illegal access to and unauthorized disclosure of the information in the case file, and to politicize the contamination case with fact-distorted and misleading conclusions from its preconceived “review” and “investigation”. We urge ARD to stop smearing and vilifying China’s anti doping work, stop the ridiculous farce of cooked-up rumors and political manipulation, look at their media ethics and relevant laws and regulations, and stop undermining athletes’ confidence and trust in WADA, CHINADA and the current well-functioning global anti-doping system. 

We hereby reiterate that CHINADA, as always, will work for the rights and interests of athletes and the integrity in sport with independence, impartiality, professionalism and openness. We strongly call on colleagues from the media to cover the case objectively and fairly based on the respect for the facts and responsibility for the public, and to concentrate on cases involving real dopers. We would like to work together with the media 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.