Political interference 'frustrating' for WADA
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Home Accused of pro-China bias, WADA Director Intelligence and Investigations claims 80% of his work has become political Just over a year after an internal investigation cleared the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) of pro-China bias, senior officials at the organisation decried a "frustrating" increase in political interference. "When I started, about 20% of my work was politics," Gunter Younger, director of Intelligence and Investigations at WADA, told AFP. "We spend so much time on politics instead of doing what we are supposed to do." However, Younger warned: "We are not afraid of any country in the world." His remarks come just over a year after the agency was rocked by a scandal involving 23 Chinese swimmers, who were cleared of doping after testing positive for the same banned heart drug in 2021. Chinese investigators cleared the swimmers — some of whom went on to win Olympic gold in Tokyo that year — of wrongdoing, claiming the athletes had been exposed to the drug via a contaminated hotel kitchen.
Published: November 5, 2025 3:42 pm
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