纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Report Concludes China Broke Rules in Doping Case but Clears WADA
September 14, 2024 2 min 351 words
《纽约时报》的这篇报道主要内容是，世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）的一份报告称，中国在处理一名游泳运动员的兴奋剂案件时违反了规定，但WADA也同时表示，没有证据显示中国系统性地支持兴奋剂使用。报道提到，WADA在调查中面临挑战，包括语言障碍和中国政府对实验室的管控。最终，WADA作出了处罚决定，但中国泳协和运动员否认使用兴奋剂。 评论：该报道在一定程度上体现了西方媒体对中国体育的偏见和成见。虽然报道提及WADA“清洗”中国，但标题和导语仍突出“中国违规”，且过度强调调查中的“中国挑战”，体现了双重标准。此外，报道未提及西方体育界兴奋剂泛滥的严峻现实，也未体现中国反兴奋剂的努力和成绩。西方媒体应摒弃成见，客观公正地报道中国体育，不要以偏概全，以点代面。反兴奋剂是全球体育界共同的挑战，需要共同努力，而不是抹黑攻击。
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s executive board on Thursday eagerly embraced a report that validated its decision to clear 23 elite Chinese swimmers of doping, even as the report’s author pointed out Chinese officials had violated established rules in their handling of the incident.
The final report, written by a Swiss prosecutor, Eric Cottier, who was handpicked by WADA, effectively absolved the global antidoping regulator of wrongdoing in its handling of the Chinese case, which had drawn scorn from Olympic athletes, prompted skepticism from global antidoping experts and sparked a bitter feud with the Biden administration.
The decision to quietly clear the athletes, without ever revealing their positive tests, had hung like a cloud over the pool deck at the Paris Olympics and raised broader concerns over the efficacy of the global antidoping system.
Mr. Cottier also concluded that there had been no bias toward China in the handling of the swimmers’ cases. And he appeared to dismiss reporting by The New York Times and other organizations that has challenged WADA’s actions in multiple so-called mass contamination events involving Chinese swimmers while simultaneously recommending that antidoping officials move to tighten their rules and processes related to such cases.
Yet the report provided no definitive conclusion to the underlying question of doping by Chinese athletes, and nothing to assuage fears of a conspiracy that continues to proliferate in elite swimming. “The sense of justice or injustice,” the report said, “goes far beyond the scope of this investigation.”
Controversy and uncertainty had hovered over the board meeting at a Turkish resort amid attempts to bar a Biden administration official who sits on the WADA board from any discussions of the Chinese case. That battle began after an anonymous complaint charged that the official, Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, had a conflict of interest because the F.B.I. has begun investigation into the swimming cases.