US Launches Criminal Investigation into Chinese Swimmers' Doping Case

World Aquatics' top executive subpoenaed as US probes how 23 Chinese athletes avoided punishment despite positive drug tests ahead of Tokyo Olympics.

The Department of Justice's investigation could be the highest-profile use of the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act.
The World Anti-Doping Agency and World Aquatics defended their handling of the case, citing contamination as the cause of the positive tests.
Eleven of the 23 swimmers involved are set to compete in the upcoming Paris Olympics.
The investigation follows a request by a US House Committee on China for federal scrutiny.
WADA expressed disappointment over the US investigation, calling the media reports incomplete and misleading.