IOC President calls for end to ‘finger-pointing’ in doping fight Anti-Doping View(s): View(s):Seoul, South Korea, AFP: International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry and her World Anti-Doping Agency counterpart called for unity in the fight against performance-enhancing drugs following a fracture with the United States. “Too often we’ve seen energy spent on division, finger-pointing and competing agendas,” Coventry told WADA’s World Conference on Doping in Sport, being held this week in the South Korean city of Busan. The agency was rocked by a scandal involving 23 Chinese swimmers who were cleared of intentionally doping after testing positive for a banned heart drug in 2021. WADA opted not to independently investigate the matter, sparking criticism, especially from the United States and its anti-doping organisation, USADA. “There is only one fight that we should be fighting — and that is the fight against doping,” Coventry told the gathering in Busan.

Source: Sunday Times December 20, 2025 23:05 UTC