In a shocking move on Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee moved to crush U.S. inquiries into a Chinese sports doping scandal, by threatening to reject Salt Lake City’s bid to host the Winter Games in 2034.
In a series of fierce statements coordinated by IOC President Thomas Bach, top IOC committee members blasted U.S. officials for opening probes into handling of the China case by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Ingmar De Vos, an IOC committee member from Belgium said a probe by the U.S. Congress and a criminal investigation launched by the U.S. Department of Justice"are extremely worrying and basically, for us, unacceptable."
In an unprecedented move, the IOC demanded that officials in Utah — along with U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) — sign a contract affirming “respect” for the authority of WADA in exchange for Wednesday’s agreement to hold the 2034 Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
Fine, reject the bid, we don’t need to be spending money on that right now. But if they get to dope, then everyone should, just have a roided out sports competition.
I won’t be satisfied until athletes are basically just unstoppable walls of meat.
Same tbh
Like there’s going to be any snow in 2034.
Or even the namesake lake.
I recently watched the ESPN 30 for 30 about how the IOC railroaded world record Olympic sprinter Butch Reynolds. It’s called “False Positive”. The doc does a great job of showing how corrupt and self serving the IOC is. The whole thing is a fucking racket
Now check out when Michael Phelps told Congress that most swimmers have little to no faith in WADA.
