USADA says it ‘fully supports’ US government’s decision to withhold $3.6M payment from World Anti-Doping Agency

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CNN  —  The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) says it “fully supports” the US government’s decision to withhold a $3.625 million payment to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that was due on December 31, 2024. USADA’s decision comes after a months-long dispute between the two anti-doping organizations that stems from WADA’s handling of a case involving Chinese swimmers . “Since the exposure of WADA’s failed handling of the 23 Chinese swimmers’ positive tests that gave China and its athletes