Paris Olympics: China include 11 of 23 swimmers who tested positive for TMZ in roster
- Yang Junxuan is among those included and will compete against Siobhan Haughey in the 100m freestyle
The Chinese Swimming Association (CSA) announced its roster for the coming Paris Olympics on Tuesday, with 11 of the 23 athletes who were revealed to have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs set to compete in July.
In April, it was reported that seven months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ), a prescription heart drug that can enhance performance.
Almost half of them went on to compete in Tokyo.
China denied allegations that athletes had been doping and said the tests, which were conducted by its own anti-doping authority, came back negative because of contaminated surfaces in a hotel they were staying in.
After initially not intervening, the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) called for an independent investigation by Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier after the scandal was made public.
Six of the athletes who tested positive and competed in Tokyo will be in Paris: Zhang Yufei, Wang Shun, Qin Haiyang, Yu Yiting, Yang Junxuan and Peng Xuwei.
