Beijing, June 27 -- The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Thursday criticized proposed U.S. legislation that would withhold funding to WADA unless the agency meets specific U.S. governance demands, calling it an attempt to insert "bias into WADA's governance structure".
The bill, first introduced in January by the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and advanced by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, was a response to no-fault contamination cases involving 23 Chinese swimmers dating back to 2021.
The bill seeks to permanently provide "the ONDCP (Office of National Drug Control Policy) the authority to withhold up to the full amount of membership dues to WADA if it is determined that the Agency does not have a governance...