Phelps tells Congress that Olympic anti-doping efforts are inadequate
WASHINGTON: US swimming great Michael Phelps told a congressional committee on Tuesday that anti-doping measures had “failed” in a case involving Chinese swimmers ahead of this summer’s Paris Olympics. Phelps, fellow Olympic gold medalist Allison Schmidt and Travis Tygart, chief executive of the US Anti-Doping Agency, testified to lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the measures that led by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). . “It is clear to me that any attempts at reform at WADA have failed and there are still deep-rooted systemic problems that are proving detrimental to the
