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At Olympics, anti-doping watchdog WADA rejects audit demand and calls on US to pay its overdue fees
WADA demands the U.S. pay $3.7 million in overdue fees despite U.S. law tying payment to an independent audit over doping transparency concerns.
- On Thursday at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency called on the United States federal government to pay overdue membership fees and rejected its bipartisan demand for an independent audit.
- Congress has withheld WADA dues in 2024 and 2025, with a U.S. funding bill signed this week including $3.7 million but restricted until an external audit verifies transparency over 23 Chinese swimmers.
- Listing audits, Witold Banka, WADA President, said existing oversight mechanisms are sufficient and noted the budget rose from $36 million in 2020 to approximately $57 million.
- WADA statutes could bar United States representatives from decision-making panels, affecting 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics preparations; Gene Sykes, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee president and IOC member, said leaders are working to resolve the dispute after meeting WADA this week.
- WADA urged the U.S. to pay and stressed the contribution is not conditional, saying, 'I hope very soon they're going to pay the contribution and come back to the Executive Committee as a member,' Banka said.
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Independent EspañolBy KEN MAGUIRE MILÁN (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency urged the United States on Thursday to pay its arrears and rejected Washington’s bipartisan demand for an independent audit. The United States has long sought greater transparency from the AMA, which has been criticized for its handling of politically sensitive doping cases. A government funding law signed this week restricts the payment of $3.7 million in quotas until it carries out an in…
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At Olympics, anti-doping watchdog WADA rejects audit demand and calls on US to pay its overdue fees
The World Anti-Doping Agency has called on the United States to pay its overdue membership fees and has rejected Washington’s bipartisan demand to submit to an independent audit.
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