Episode 2926:Spice Rack TMZ, Pep’s Ultras Enter Crawl Stage, Evan Shackled, Gig Economy Ireland Manager, Chelsea Class War
It’s an Olympics Year so here comes the controversy.
Last weekend in the New York Times, Tariq Panja broke the story of how “Twenty-three top Chinese swimmers tested positive for the same powerful banned substance seven months before the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021 but were allowed to escape public scrutiny and continue to compete after top Chinese officials secretly cleared them of doping and the global authority charged with policing drugs in sports (WADA) chose not to intervene.”
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Nearly Half of China’s Swimming Team Tested Positive for a Banned Drug Before Being Secretly Cleared to Win Gold at The Tokyo Olympics ? ???? ?
In-depth investigation with ?@nytmike? into how China was allowed to explain away positives https://t.co/9C0HrsZP1z
— tariq panja (@tariqpanja) April 20, 2024
We speak to Tariq on how he got the story, the fallout from him breaking it and what now for WADA.
My live report into the @BBCr4today programme earlier, as World Anti-Doping Agency launches a review into failed tests by Chinese swimmers, with scandal intensifying
? ?? https://t.co/QcyRUEol2s pic.twitter.com/W4i1hK5rmR— Dan Roan (@danroan) April 26, 2024
Meanwhile, Ken has been entertaining himself listening to various OTHER podcasts leading him to discover how Evan Ferguson has been Trapattoni-Balled at Brighton and the shocking discovery that John Terry is a bit of a….
Oh, and the FAI have announced John O’Shea as interim manager. Again.
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