9月12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事件的完整评审报告，该报告明确指出此次23名中国游泳运动员无过错曲美他嗪事件是一起单纯的群体性兴奋剂污染事件，没有任何证据表明WADA在审查中国反兴奋剂中心对这23名运动员结案并不再采取进一步行动的决定时，有任何偏袒或照顾；没有任何证据表明，WADA内部或外部的任何实体或机构，包括中国反兴奋剂中心，对上述审查工作进行了干预或干涉；调查没有发现WADA在审查中国反兴奋剂中心的决定时有任何违规行为。报告还指出，考虑到当时新冠疫情的背景下，反兴奋剂中心已经竭尽所能开展了相关的调查工作，在处理此次污染事件时，与WADA、国际游泳联合会（FINA，现更名为WA）进行了积极沟通，保持了合作、开放、透明的态度。因此，所有内外部因素都表明，WADA从事实和适用规则的角度作出的不挑战中国反兴奋剂中心作出的污染情况的决定都是合理的。这不仅再次证明了中国反兴奋剂中心对该事件事实的调查和处理决定是合理的，并不存在美国反兴奋剂机构（USADA）和《纽约时报》、德国电视一台（ARD）等个别机构、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。

尽管该事件的调查和处理结果的客观、真实性已经得到了包括WADA、WA、独立检察官等多方人士的印证，已是不可辩驳、不容置疑的事实，但我们注意到，USADA、《纽约时报》等个别机构、媒体仍在老调重弹、故技重施，刻意挑动对立、大肆渲染阴谋论。这种指控是“欲加之罪，何患无辞”，充分暴露出其从未正视曲美他嗪污染事件的调查事实，是不折不扣的全球反兴奋剂治理体系的干扰者、搅局者和破坏者。

USADA基于政治动机、反华偏见，通过捏造构陷来混淆是非、蛊惑煽动，让国际社会与民众对曲美他嗪污染事件产生错误认知，并无视瑞士独立检察官评审报告的基本事实判定，鼓动美国司法部和联邦调查局通过《罗琴科夫反兴奋剂法》所赋予的“管辖权”，发起对该事件的“长臂管辖”。这种对自身长久以来的反兴奋剂“陋习”视而不见，却试图越界管辖别国的“双标”行为，已引起国际社会的广泛担忧。

今年7月，来自欧洲、亚洲和非洲32个国家及地区反兴奋剂组织向WADA发信表示对美国运动员在没有接受足够检测的情况下参加奥运会和世界锦标赛等重大赛事深感担忧，这充分表达了国际体育界对美国体育诚信和奥运金牌含金量的质疑。近日，WADA发布公开信要求USADA彻底整改。正如WADA在声明中指出的，美国有90%的运动员没有得到符合国际标准的反兴奋剂系统保护，尤其是大学生运动员和职业联赛运动员；2023年USADA仅对3011名运动员实施了7773例检查，检查数量远低于法国、中国、英国、俄罗斯和意大利等国家；USADA以获取情报为理由，让故意使用兴奋剂的运动员以“卧底”身份继续参加比赛、取得奖牌、获得奖金，此举严重违反了《世界反兴奋剂条例》（以下简称《条例》）和国际标准；另外美国是巨大的兴奋剂销售和分销市场，说明兴奋剂在美国的体育运动中存在严重的滥用兴奋剂问题。尽管自身反兴奋剂力度不足，但USADA却试图让美国运动员认为他们的外国对手不够诚信，此行径极其让人厌恶。我们坚决支持WADA作出的决定，USADA应对其存在的问题立刻进行彻底整改，以重新获得国际社会对其工作的信任。

巴黎奥运会游泳比赛期间，美国运动员还出现了其他国家参赛运动员均未出现的“紫薯脸”问题，国际媒体对于“紫薯脸”问题给出了多种猜测和怀疑，例如使用了一些目前难以被检测出来的禁用物质，如ITPP（三焦磷酸肌醇）。我们认为媒体对于“紫薯脸”问题的质疑是合理的。我们强烈呼吁相关反兴奋剂组织把美国游泳运动员列为目标检查对象，并做好巴黎奥运会样本保存工作，尽快开发针对性检测方法，对相关运动员样本启动进一步检测或待具备检测条件后对样本进行复检，以解开公众疑惑。

此次瑞士独立检察官的评审报告对完善世界反兴奋剂治理体系提出了有益的意见和建议，特别是对于污染案件的处理方面。正如WADA在公开声明中指出的，曲美他嗪污染事件的处理反映出现行规则和反兴奋剂组织在处理群体性污染事件时面临的困难。目前WADA正在对《条例》进行修订，中国反兴奋剂中心将积极配合WADA执行委员会工作组的相关工作建议，也在积极参与《条例》的修订工作，推动完善污染案件的处理标准，为反兴奋剂组织提供更为明确的工作指引，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，以维护公平竞争的环境。我们真诚地希望与所有利益相关方一起为维护全球反兴奋剂体系的稳定、团结和进步共同努力。

CHINADA Statement on the Final Report of the Independent Prosecutor

On September 12, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) released to the world the full report presented by the Independent Prosecutor, Mr. Eric Cottier, on the no-fault contamination cases involving 23 Chinese swimmers. This final report, making it clear that the athletes’ positive results for trimetazidine (TMZ) were a group contamination case, finds no indication of favoritism or complacency of WADA when it reviewed China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA)’s decision to close the proceedings without further action, detects no evidence of any interference with WADA’s review, whether internal or external to it, from any entity or institution, including CHINADA or Chinese authorities, and reveals no irregularity on the part of WADA in its review of CHINADA’s decision. The report also points out that, in the context of the COVID-19 Pandemic, CHINADA had carried out investigation to the best of its ability, and had been collaborative, open and transparent in its active communication with both WADA and FINA (now known as the World Aquatics). Therefore, all internal and external elements prove that the decision by WADA not to challenge on appeal the contamination scenario put forward by CHINADA is reasonable, both in terms of the facts and the applicable rules.

The Independent Prosecutor’s final report once again shows the reasonableness of CHINADA’s investigation into and decision on the cases, and proves there is no such thing as a “cover-up” in the cases as deliberately fabricated and unfoundedly accused by certain organizations and media outlets like the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the New York Times and the German broadcaster ARD. Meanwhile, the full report also demonstrates that the existing anti-doping system is open, transparent and trustworthy to the athletes worldwide.

Despite the indisputable fact that the objectivity and authenticity in the investigation, handling and decision of the cases have been vindicated by various parties including WADA, FINA and the Independent Prosecutor, we have noticed that a few organizations and media outlets including USADA and the New York Times have still been singing the same old tune and rehashing the false claims, attempting to stoke conflicts and confrontation by repeating the narrative of their conspiracy theories. Such accusations are just like “if they want to blame others, they will always find excuses to justify their acts”, which fully reveal that they have never faced up to the investigated facts in the TMZ contamination cases. Plain and simple, they are becoming the disrupter, saboteur and destroyer of the global anti-doping governance.

USADA, based on political motives and anti-China bias, has confused right and wrong and incited prejudice through fabrication and frame-up, misleading the international community and the general public in their perception of the no-fault TMZ contamination case. Moreover, in disregard of the basic factual findings by the Independent Prosecutor in his report, USADA instigated the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to initiate a “long-arm jurisdiction” over this case by opening an investigation through the “jurisdiction” granted by the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act. Such a “double standard” behavior of attempting to overstep the boundaries of jurisdiction over other countries while turning a blind eye to its long history of doping problems has aroused widespread concern in the international community.

In July this year, anti-doping organizations (ADOs) from 32 European, African and Asian countries wrote to WADA expressing their deep concern over the U.S. athletes who have been participating in major events such as the Olympic Games and World Championships without adequate testing, which clearly shows the doubts from the global sports community about the sports integrity of the United States and cleanness of the Olympic gold medals won by the American athletes. Recently, a WADA letter has been sent to USADA, calling for “root and branch” reforms of the anti-doping system within the country. As WADA highlights, 90 percent of the athletes in the United States compete outside the jurisdiction of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) , specifically those in professional leagues and college sports. In 2023, USADA collected just 7,773 samples from 3,011 athletes, far lower than in countries such as France, China, Great Britain, Russia and Italy. In addition, USADA allowed athletes who had committed anti-doping rule violations to keep on participating in the competitions, winning medals and receiving prizes in the pretext of collecting intelligence, which is a serious violation of the Code and International Standards. Moreover, the U.S. is a huge market for the sale and distribution of performance-enhancing drugs, indicating that there is a serious problem of doping abuse in American sports. However, it is extremely disgusting that despite its own lack of anti-doping efforts, USADA is attempting to convince American athletes that their foreign counterparts are dishonest and unclean. We therefore strongly support WADA’s decision that USADA should immediately initiate a sweeping reform within itself to regain trust in its work from the international community.

We have also noticed the “purple faces” of the American swimmers during the swimming competitions of the Paris Olympic Games that no athletes from other countries had. There have been various speculations and doubts about the purple faces from media worldwide, such as the use of some prohibited substances that are difficult to detect at present (ITPP for example), which we found not unreasonable. We therefore strongly call on relevant ADOs to follow up these American swimmers for target testing. To clear up the public doubts, we also call for long-term storage of the samples collected during Paris 2024, more research on targeted detection methods, and further analysis of these athletes’ samples or reanalysis of the samples when new detection methods are available.

The final report by the Swiss Independent Prosecutor provides useful advice and suggestions on how to improve the world anti-doping system, especially in dealing with contamination cases. As WADA states in a recent statement, these TMZ contamination cases reflect the inherent difficulty faced by ADOs in dealing with cases of group contamination according to applicable anti-doping rules. Now as the revision of the Code is in the process, CHINADA would provide cooperation in implementing the working suggestions put forward by WADA’s Executive Committee, and actively participate in the code review program from our part to improve the standards for handling contamination issues and work for clearer guidelines for ADOs to defend the level-playing field where athletes who have inadvertently ingested prohibited substances due to food or environmental contamination are equally treated and the real dopers are duly sanctioned. We sincerely hope to work with all stakeholders for a stable, collaborative and advanced global anti-doping system.