The rule change anti-American WADA officials are trying to push through comes just ahead of several major events that will be held in the U.S. including this year’s World Cup, the Olympics scheduled for Los Angeles in 2028, and the Olympics Winter Games set for 2034, the Associated Press reports. The vindictive rule is just another salvo in the war of words between the international agency, which was founded in 1999, and the federal government and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. WADA spokesman James Fitzgerald told the AP that if the rule were to be implemented, it would not apply for the major games already planned to be held in the U.S.A., but the AP also noted that the rule proposal has no language to that effect in it anywhere.
Author: Warner Todd Huston
Published at: 2026-03-17 23:28:48
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