Peaty speaks out on doping as China wins medley gold

Adam Peaty called on anti-doping authorities to “wake up and do your job” after China stormed to gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay, and suggested his rival Qin Haiyang should be “out of the sport”.

- JAMIE BRAIDWOOD

Peaty was unable to sign off his third and potentially last Olympics with a second medal to add to his silver in the 100m breaststroke, as the Team GB quartet of Peaty, Duncan Scott, Matthew Richards and Oliver Morgan finished fourth.

China’s gold was claimed thanks to a sensational final leg by the 100m freestyle champion Zhanle Pan, taking his team from third into first ahead of the United States and France, but their performances in Paris have come under a cloud.

Before the Olympics, it was reported by the New York Times that the World Anti-Doping agency (Wada) took no action when 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the banned performance enhancing drug trimetazidine (TMZ) in 2021.

The swimmers were allowed to compete at the Tokyo Olympics when Wada accepted the findings of a Chinese investigation that the results were due to contamination from a hotel kitchen, and 11 have competed in Paris.

Among them, Qin and Sun Jiajun raced in the 4x100m medley relay and while Pan was not implicated in the scandal his performances at the Olympics have come under question.