Olympic stars hoping for ‘clean’ Games amid Chinese doping scandal

Paris 2024 is already proving controversial with 11 athletes set to compete after failed doping tests in 2021

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00:00Do you have confidence that the authorities in charge have ensured that there will be

00:04a level playing field?

00:06No, not really.

00:20It's obviously disappointing to hear that news and hear about the pre-Tokyo 23 athletes

00:26testing positive, some multiple times.

00:29And for me, racing someone that was one of those athletes, or finding out he was one

00:34of those athletes, was disappointing.

00:37I think it's less about what country they came from and more about the system and how

00:41the system ultimately, like, it feels like it's failed.

00:45Well, that news when it came out was incredibly disappointing and I think incredibly frustrating.

01:01It's nothing we can do about it two days before an Olympic Games.

01:04I'm hoping for a fair race as well and I'm hoping that the ITA is on top of it and everyone

01:14will be competing clean.

01:15To be honest with you, I'm really just focusing on myself.

01:18I mean, you know, obviously in the past I have lost gold medals at the Olympics to people

01:23who have tested positive, so, you know, it is what it is.

01:35Hopefully there's been even testing around the world and, you know, I think everyone's

01:41heard what the athletes think.

01:45They want transparency, they want further answers to the questions that still remain.

01:59I think it's obvious from the legal perspective that everything what we've done regarding

02:05this case was in accordance with the standards.

02:08Now we are waiting for the full report with maybe some recommendations regarding changes

02:16of the standards and regulations.