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Chinese swimmers doping scandal at Tokyo Olympics leads to US criminal investigation and questions about anti-doping measures in international sports.

Doping, sanctions, Ukraine, an escalating war of words: Sporting powerhouse Russia's behaviour since breaking the Olympic truce in 2008 with the invasion of Georgia has taxed the patience of sporting bodies.

In March, Australian MP Andrew Wilkie used parliamentary privilege to allege the Australian Football League (AFL) was operating an “off the books” illicit drug testing regime that is at odds with its obligations under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code.

The Paris Olympics open next month and the agency that oversees doping enforcement is under scrutiny following allegations it failed to pursue positive tests of Chinese swimmers who won medals — including three gold — at the Tokyo Games in 2021

Phelps and fellow Olympian Allison Schmitt gave evidence in Washington DC on Tuesday evening.

The row has rocked swimming in 2024 with the likes of Adam Peaty and Michael Phelps voicing their concern about a lack of faith among athletes entering the Paris Olympics

Two former U.S. Olympic gold medalists say they've lost faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency to rid their sports of cheaters ahead of next month’s Summer Games in Paris

Watch as Michael Phelps testifies on Tuesday, 25 June, to a US House of Representatives subcommittee investigating a doping case involving Chinese swimmers ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Hearing comes seven years after Phelps and head of U.S. Anti-Doping Agency testified about failures from the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Seb Coe says ‘it’s a joke, unfair, and unsafe’. The head of US anti-doping calls it ‘a dangerous clown show’. Lawrence Ostlere talks to Dr Aron D’Souza, the Australian lawyer who wants to launch the Enhanced Games, a controversial Olympic-style mega-event in which doping is not just allowed but actively…

China will send 11 swimmers implicated in a major doping scandal to next month's Paris Olympics, after the country named its squad for the Games.