The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has criticized the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for allowing at least three athletes with serious anti-doping violations to continue competing for years in exchange for information on other offenders.
In a statement released on August 7, WADA highlighted the irony and hypocrisy of USADA's actions. \"It is ironic and hypocritical that USADA cries foul when it suspects other Anti-Doping Organizations are not following the rules to the letter while it did not announce doping cases for years and allowed cheats to carry on competing, on the off chance they might help them catch other possible violators,\" the statement reads.
USADA's own statistics reveal that 35 cases were classified as \"no fault or negligence,\" including a recent case involving American sprinter Erriyon Knighton. Additionally, 84 cases resulted in \"public warnings\" out of a total of 966 sanctions. Notably, names are removed from sanction lists 30 days after the resolution of \"No Fault or Negligence\" cases.
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