The 142nd session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was held in Paris, France, from 23 to 24 July, and the Salt Lake City, Utah of the United States was named the host of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games 2034 following a vote by the IOC members at the meeting. 

We noted that the decision is premised on a commitment by the organizers to support the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the harmonized global anti-doping system. According to relevant provisions, Salt Lake City’s hosting rights could be revoked “in cases where the supreme authority of the World Anti-Doping Agency in the fight against doping is not fully respected or if the application of the World Anti-Doping Code is hindered or undermined”. At the meeting, President of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee, President and CEO of the Salt Lake City-Utah 2034 and Governor of Utah all expressed their support for WADA’s work through the World Anti-Doping Code, and pledged to do everything possible to allay the concerns of the international sports and anti-doping communities about the U.S. anti-doping system.

China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) welcomes the IOC decision and looks forward to working with all stakeholders to support WADA in implementing independent, fair, harmonized and effective governance worldwide.

Recently, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (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 trimetazidine contamination case involving 23 Chinese swimmers. Moreover, USADA, in disregard of the basic factual findings by the Swiss Independent Prosecutor, Mr. Eric Cottier, in his interim report, 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 using its domestic judicial and administrative means through the “jurisdiction” granted by the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act. This action has not only seriously damaged the legitimate rights and personal safety of all relevant persons, including Chinese swimmers, but would also inevitably undermine the globally coordinated anti-doping legal framework, disrupt the effective world order in anti-doping that the stakeholders community has worked hard to build, and destroy the global anti-doping governance system which aims at fairly and consistently protecting clean athletes around the world. 

As WADA President Mr. Witold Bańka said, “If the U.S. authorities assert jurisdiction over cases that have nothing to do with them, it risks putting the U.S. outside the global anti-doping system.” We strongly urge USADA to cease fabricating false narratives, politicizing anti doping and manipulating public perception, to stop disrupting and undermining the well-functioning world anti-doping order and global governance system, and to put an end to the abuse of “long-arm jurisdiction” and threatening and pressuring with so-called “legal means”. We also call on USADA to step up its anti-doping efforts against American athletes, tighten the regulation of the college system and professional leagues for doping-related issues, and include these groups into the global anti-doping governance system in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Code and International Standards. This is the true respect and protection for clean athletes.

We would like to reiterate that CHINADA has grown up from the global anti-doping system, and we would always resolutely defend the integrity and effectiveness of this system through our work based on independence, impartiality, professionalism and openness. It is our sincere hope that through sport we can build a bridge of trust and work together with all stakeholders for the stability, collaboration, harmonized development and improvement of the global anti-doping governance system.