Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
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The women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It was the event's seventh consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1996.
Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 28 July 2021 (heats) 29 July 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 72 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 15 | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 7:40.33 WR | ||||||||||||
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On the 19th April 2024, United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) says "at least one member of the Chinese relay team received a doping violation". As a result, the Chinese team "will be stripped of their gold medals", upgrading the American team to gold, the Australians to silver and the previous fourth-place finishers Canada to bronze.[2] However, it was later dismissed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), calling the comments of Travis Tygart, the CEO of USADA, to be "outrageous, completely false and defamatory" and suggested they may be "politically motivated." WADA also highlighted USADA’s similar conclusions of contamination involving more than 10 athletes in the U.S. in the statement.[3] However, Tygart said those athletes in question were not American and not involved with USADA, stating "it suggests WADA’s decision to allow China to sweep the 23 cases under the rug without consequence is apparently just the tip of the iceberg."[4] Tygart noted that “at least some” of the positive tests featured TMZ levels in a similar range as Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was dealt a four-year sanction after WADA appealed.[5] USADA, along with the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Rahul Gupta, called for an independent investigation into the matter.[4] WADA responded to these allegations by appointing Eric Cottier as an independent prosecutor to review its handling of the case. USADA has not agreed with this decision, calling the appointment "self-serving."[6] In a statement on the 25th of April, WADA said it expected Cottier to deliver his findings "within two months."[7]