According to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the US has allowed athletes in international competitions, including the Olympics, to use prohibited drugs, recruiting them as informants to spy on others. Ben Norton discusses the geopolitics of sports and the blatant hypocrisy of the US agency USADA, which constantly criticizes Russia and China.
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOHR37Pd6PU
Sources and links here: https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/08/10/usa-athletes-cheat-steroids-russia-china-doping/
Topics
0:00 US doping scandal exposed
1:05 Hypocrisy on Russia's ban
1:20 Chinese athletes harassed at Olympics
2:09 US accusations of corruption
2:46 Will US host 2028 Olympics?
3:26 US government funds USADA
3:59 WADA exposes US doping scandal
8:46 WADA is investigating US
10:14 US new cold war on China
11:20 China says US athletes are under-tested
11:49 US Congress threatens WADA
12:16 The "rules-based international order"
12:51 Russia banned over Ukraine War
14:07 US not banned over wars on Iraq et al.
15:52 Israel not banned despite crimes in Gaza
17:22 West makes rules in "rules-based order"
17:58 International Olympic Committee (IOC) dominated by West
20:38 Imperialism
22:06 Outro
