BEIJING, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Anti-Doping Agency (CHINADA) has denounced German TV ARD for its distorted and one-sided interpretation of the contamination case involving Chinese swimmers.
In a statement released on Tuesday, CHINADA said that ARD's recent documentary "distorts the facts and makes one-sided and wrong interpretation that is out of context about the no-fault Trimetazidine contamination case involving 23 Chinese swimmers."
"CHINADA has fully elaborated and explained how we investigated the facts and made the decision on the case in the investigation report submitted to WADA (World Anti Doping Agency)," said CHINADA.
"It then can be seen that ARD's attack and smearing of the Chinese swimming are made out of fact based on ulterior motives, which has seriously misled the public perception of anti-doping work and tarnished the reputation of CHINADA. We strongly condemn and firmly reject it," it said.
"The long-term ideological prejudice of this media outlet has been laid bare, which has basically deprived it of the ability to take an objective view of China's anti-doping work," it noted.
"On the other hand, this also reveals its vicious intention, under the guise of 'seeking the truth', to legitimize its illegal access to and unauthorized disclosure of the information in the case file, and to politicize the contamination case with fact-distorted and misleading conclusions from its preconceived 'review' and 'investigation,'" it added.
