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Another q about Chinese swim matter. If WADA was in business of covering up for elite Chinese swimmers, why did it engage in such protracted prosecution of Sun Yang case? Which, after multiple twists and turns, finally ended in summer 2021 ...

Obvious question but to get there some doping acronyms to understand. An 'AAF' is a positive test. 'ADAMS' is the WADA data management system. The question: if China wanted to dope its swimmers and cover it up, why would it put the AAFs into ADAMS?

.WADA lawyer Wenzel: comments suggesting 'a coverup of doping cases for political reasons couldn’t be further from the truth' Adds WADA president Banka: 'It’s obvious that most of the comments are politically motivated and without any evidence'

This WADA news conference is fascinating. Turns out 'certain athletes that participated in this event were staying at different hotels.' Plural. Different hotels. The first NYT story mentions word 'hotel' four times. Only the one hotel, Huayang Holiday Hotel in Shijiazhuang.…

.WADA president Witold Bańka, calling news coverage of Chinese swimming matter 'clearly politically motivated': 'At every stage WADA followed all due process and diligently investigated … if we had do it over again now we do exactly the same thing'

As it says — under 100 days until Paris 2024

Sandrine — my friend — yes this is the schedule — but let’s assume (worst case scenario) how does not moving out of SDF bc of a preliminary rugby game stack up against loss of life? Let’s see someone justify that decision. They cannot

The message Olympic world needs to hear: pay athletes. Especially on podium. Seb Coe must feel he's living in parallel worlds. T/f athletes love his $50k @paris2024 plan. But such institutional pushback. Change is hard. But this: obvious 3 Wire Sports bit.ly/3UaoE27

Plan C for opening ceremony ⁦Paris 2024⁩. Now. Every day brings another common-sense reason why to get off the Seine and back to an environmental that is more controllable france24.com/en/sport/20240…

Only the NYT, on the same day it brings us a Passover brisket and matzo ball soup recipe, also decides it is appropriate to offer up a recipe for bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. Next year in Jerusalem or maybe Waffle House

Yet Israeli athletes would somehow magically be safe in boats for 6 km on the River Seine at Paris 2024 opening ceremony? No. Plan C, off the river, traditional ceremony at Stade de France which is a far more controllable space

Finally, common-sense admission by the French president about the opening ceremony Paris 2024: there is Plan B and Plan C. Let's save face: Plan C, off the river, to the stadium, now 3 Wire Sports bit.ly/3Q6nvaC

Welcome to the Rodney Dangerfield-ing of Northwestern. This is eternal and eternally stupid go Cats

Attention organizers of Paris 2024 opening ceremony. Keeping in mind the thousands of apartments lining the Seine ... your thoughts, please?

Oui. Look forward to catching up

What Mr. Payne says. Was the UIPM president perfect? No. Is anyone? Not hardly. Is the gentleman’s sport still in the Olympics? He can rest his case

Gotta love the sanctimonious hypocrisy. Please keep this sort of thing quite in mind British friends when opining on us colonials and our occasional wayward ways warm regards

Thank you Matthew Pinsent appreciate your kind words and hope all good