US reportedly holds up payment to WADA, a 'hegemonic move politicizing sport'

据报道，美国暂缓支付给世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）的资金，这被视为“将体育政治化的霸权行为”。

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）

The spat between the US and the World Anti-Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) continues after the 2024 Paris Olympics, with a recent media report saying the Biden administration is holding up the annual US payment to WADA to press the organization as it "chose not to discipline elite Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned drug."

在2024年巴黎奥运会之后，美国与世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）的争执仍在持续，近期有媒体报道称，拜登政府正暂停支付美国每年向世界反兴奋剂机构的拨款，以此向该机构施压，原因是该机构“决定不对药检呈阳性的中国游泳健将进行处罚”。

According to a New York Times report, the White House has told WADA that it needed to have "more accountability and transparency" and that it must submit to a wide-ranging outside audit of its operations.

据《纽约时报》报道，白宫向世界反兴奋剂机构提出要求，指出其需要“增强问责性和透明度”，并必须接受一次对其运营情况的全面外部审计。

A WADA spokesperson told the Global Times in an email on Thursday that WADA has not received any notification from the US Government that it has decided to voluntarily withhold its annual contribution for 2024.

周四，世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）一名发言人在一封电子邮件中向《环球时报》表示，世界反兴奋剂机构尚未收到美国政府关于其决定自愿扣留2024年度会费的任何通知。

The agency also said "WADA is unaware of any conditions that the US Government wishes to attach to its payment… no provision exists within WADA's governance model whereby a government may unilaterally withhold its contribution based on its own set of conditions."

该机构还表示：“世界反兴奋剂机构对美国政府希望附加在其付款上的任何条件并不知情……在世界反兴奋剂机构的治理模式中，并不存在任何规定允许政府基于自身的一套条件单方面扣留其应缴款项。”

The Biden administration made its 2023 payment for $3.4 million in August of last year. The payment for this year was expected to be paid around the same time, but so far relevant US official has yet to sign off on having the money sent.

拜登政府已于去年8月支付了340万美元的2023年度款项。原计划本年度款项也将在大致相同的时间支付，但截至目前，相关美国官员还未签字批准转账事宜。

Shang Ximeng, a research fellow at the Center for International Sport Communication and Diplomacy Studies at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, told the Global Times that the US has repeatedly threatened WADA with default or refusal to pay the annual dues, but as a signatory to the WADA Code, the US is obligated to pay it.

北京外国语大学国际体育传播与外交研究中心主任研究员尚希萌对《环球时报》表示，美国多次以拖欠或拒绝支付年费来威胁世界反兴奋剂机构，但美国作为《世界反兴奋剂条例》的签署国，有义务缴纳年费。

She noted that the US has not only played these kinds of tricks in international anti-doping cooperation, but has frequently threatened to do the same with respect to other international cooperation.

她强调，美国不仅在国际反兴奋剂合作中玩弄这些伎俩，还时常扬言要在其他国际合作中如法炮制。

Li Haidong, a professor at the China Foreign Affairs University, said the US' political manipulation has not only weakened WADA's authority, but also slandered China's anti-doping efforts, and undermined the global efforts in the regard.

中国外交学院教授李海东指出，美国的政治操弄不仅削弱了世界反兴奋剂机构的公信力，还无端抹黑中国的反兴奋剂工作，破坏了全球在这一领域的共同努力。

US' attempts to hijack international organizations exposed its hegemonic mindset and politicizing sports for political purposes, Li noted.

李教授指出，美国企图操控国际组织的举动，充分暴露出其霸权思维以及将体育政治化、为政治目的服务的做法。

In April this year, along with USWADA, The New York Times hyped that some Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) before the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, accusing WADA of shielding Chinese athletes and failing to hold them accountable.

今年4月，《纽约时报》与美国反兴奋剂机构（USADA）一同大肆渲染，声称在2021年东京奥运会前夕，有中国游泳运动员被检测出阳性结果，涉嫌使用曲美他嗪（TMZ）。他们指责世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）对中国运动员网开一面，没有对他们进行应有的处罚。

WADA has commissioned an independent review into the reported incident after refuting these claims, labeling them as "misleading and potentially defamatory media coverage." The agency said that following the TMZ contamination incident in swimming in 2021, the China Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) promptly initiated a comprehensive and meticulous investigation, and based on its results, it was determined that the TMZ positives among these athletes resulted from inadvertent ingestion of contaminated food without their knowledge, and therefore no further doping charges were brought against those athletes, according to previous reports from the Global Times.

在驳斥这些被其称为“误导性强且可能构成诽谤的媒体报道”后，世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）已委托独立机构对报道中的事件进行复核。据《环球时报》早前报道，世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）指出，2021年游泳项目发生的曲美他嗪（TMZ）污染事件后，中国反兴奋剂机构（CHINADA）迅速开展了全面细致的调查，并得出结论：这些运动员之所以出现曲美他嗪阳性结果，是因为他们在不知情的情况下食用了被污染的食物。因此，没有对这些运动员提出进一步的兴奋剂指控。

In September 9, the independent Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier backed WADA's handling of the issue in his final investigation report, saying that WADA had not been complacent nor shown bias toward China, according to a Reuters report.

路透社报道，9月9日，瑞士独立检察官埃里克·科蒂耶（Eric Cottier）在其最终调查报告中，对世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）对此事的处理方式表示支持，并指出世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）在处理过程中既未表现出自满情绪，也未对中国存在偏见。

WADA was established in 1999 as an international independent agency to lead a collaborative worldwide movement for doping-free sport.

世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）于1999年成立，作为一个国际独立组织，它致力于引领全球共同行动，打造一个无兴奋剂的纯净体育世界。