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  8. WADA Confirms 23 Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive Before Tokyo Games,

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    China's 30-member swimming team won six medals at the Tokyo Games, including three golds.
     
    The flags of China and the International Olympic Committee flying on a flagpole
     
    • In short: WADA has confirmed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine in the lead-up to the Tokyo Olympic Games.
    • The anti-doping body said it accepted China's findings that the banned substance had come about through contamination.
    • China's 30-member swimming team won six medals at the Tokyo Games, including three golds. 

    The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed reports on Saturday that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned drug ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but it accepted the country's findings it was due to substance contamination.

    Multiple media reports said the swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), which is found in heart medication, months before the COVID-delayed Games began in the Japanese capital in July 2021.

    CHINADA, China's anti-doping agency, and the Chinese Swimming Association did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.

    WADA said it was notified in June 2021 of CHINADA's decision to accept that the swimmers returned adverse analytical findings (AAF) after inadvertently being exposed to the drug through contamination.

    The global anti-doping body, which has the authority to appeal the rulings of national doping agencies, said it reviewed the decision and consulted scientific experts and external legal counsel to test the contamination theory presented by CHINADA.

    "WADA ultimately concluded that it was not in a position to disprove the possibility that contamination was the source of TMZ and it was compatible with the analytical data in the file," the global anti-doping body said in a statement.

    "WADA also concluded that the athletes would be held to have no fault or negligence. As such, and based on the advice of external counsel, WADA considered an appeal was not warranted."

    China's 30-member swimming team won six medals at the Tokyo Games, including three golds.

    Without mitigating circumstances, athletes who fail doping tests are usually subject to bans of two to four years for a first offence and life for a second.

    World Aquatics, the sport's global body formerly known as FINA, said it was confident the positive tests were handled "diligently and professionally".

    "With regard to the AAFs … they were carefully considered by the FINA Doping Control Review Board," it added. "Materials relating to the source of the AAFs were subject to independent expert scrutiny retained by FINA.

    "World Aquatics is confident that these AAFs were handled diligently and professionally, and in accordance with applicable anti-doping regulations, including the WADA Code."

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/wada-confirms-23-chinese-swimmers-tested-positive-tokyo-olympics/103749674

  10. What Film (Movie) Have You Just Watched?

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    Have no idea who Blind Faith is.

    But as you said before "Many a lad celebrated Palm Sunday with Annabelle" so that in itself would suggest a level of inappropriateness. Any one who relied on the House Of The Holy album cover for a bit of self gratification in my view is extremely disturbed.

    But these are just my views. Have to admit I never knew she was only 14 when I first watched I Want Candy.

  18. What Film (Movie) Have You Just Watched?

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    1 hour ago, Mekong said:

    Blondie were mentioned in the IMDB write up. I chose Blondie as an example, you know a particular instance of something that is representative of a group, or an illustration of something that's been generally described, rather than go through each band individually.

    Fair enough but as mentioned before it is much more about the bands and there music. Even features a grown up Burmese girl 😃

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  19. What Film (Movie) Have You Just Watched?

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    6 hours ago, Stickman said:

     

    I'm no fan of Russell Crowe. Seems to be an arrogant hot-head.

    I did quite like Romper Stomper though. Remember that one, Coss? Caused a bit of a furore when it was released....imagined it would be even less well-received now.

    Crowe is a knob. My ex actually worked in casting and after Romper Stomper cast him in The Some Of Us as the gay son. They laughed at her but she stood her ground. The rest is history.

    Agree about it's place now in the world we live. What's that 4 letter word they use these days? I really liked Amerikan History X which I thought was a much better movie but again these days :dunno:

  21. What's In A Name

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    Reminds me of the unwanted attention Amin Yashed received :rotl:

    The Indian name Swastika, as it appeared on ridesharing app Uber, was deemed offensive due to its fascist connotations. Uber reportedly did not allow Sydney-based Swastika Chandra to use her first name on its app. But, according to The Australian, it has now backed down and made an exception in this case. It said that Swastika’s name, which in Hinduism means spirituality and divinity and is also a sacred symbol, got caught in the middle of their goodwill policy of banning certain terms after the recent unrest in the Middle East.

    A distressed Swastika reached out to the Hindu Council of Australia, who then through the NSW government, took the matter up with Uber. Chandra, a regular user of the app, said the Uber booking system’s flagging of her name was a violation of its terms of use and called for a change. Uber said initially that it understood the “cultural significance” of her name but noted the “sensitivity surrounding historical events … and the symbol’s appropriation by the Nazis”.

    Good sense however, soon prevailed. A spokesperson said, “Uber is committed to facilitating a safe and welcoming environment. For that reason, Uber has a policy of restricting access to users whose names entered into the app contain potentially offensive words.” She added that the company understands that there are cultural nuances to names, and it evaluates such instances case by case, and has decided “to reinstate Ms Chandra’s access to the app.”

    https://www.indianlink.com.au/uber-invalidates-then-reinstates-indian-name-swastika/

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