Wada considers appeal against Knighton decision

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) is considering an entreaty to nan Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) aft American sprinter Erriyon Knighton avoided a prohibition for taking a banned substance.

Knighton, 20, tested affirmative for trenbolone - a banned constituent utilized for musculus maturation - successful March.

An independent arbitrator ruled connected 19 June that Knighton more than apt digested nan constituent by consuming contaminated meat.

The determination cleared nan 200m sprinter to compete successful nan United States' Olympic trials, which commencement successful Friday successful Oregon.

But Wada says it will await a breakdown of nan determination earlier deciding whether to motorboat an appeal.

"Once Wada has nan afloat reasoned decision, it will study that, on pinch nan lawsuit file, pinch its accustomed scepticism and diligence," a Wada spokesperson BBC Sport.

They added it would beryllium "extremely rare" to trial affirmative for trenbolone by consuming contaminated meat.

Trenbolone is simply a known livestock maturation promoter that is utilized legally successful beef cattle produced in, and exported to, nan United States.

Usada (United States Anti-Doping Agency) main executive, Travis Tygart said "justice" had been served pursuing Knighton's clearance.

On nan aforesaid time that Knighton was cleared, China selected 11 athletes embroiled successful a doping scandal for their swimming squad for Paris.

Tygart had demanded sanctions connected Chinese athletes up of nan Games aft 23 athletes that competed astatine nan 2021 Tokyo Games were cleared for unintentionally ingesting bosom medicine trimetazidine (TMZ).

The rumor sparked beardown disapproval of Wada from Tygart, who had alleged location had been a "cover up", pinch nan anti-doping assemblage threatening ineligible action successful reply.

"If this had been an jock successful China, we situation to deliberation that Mr Tygart would beryllium singing a different tune, and very loudly," said nan Wada spokesperson connected Thursday.

Both Knighton and nan 23 Chinese athletes person been cleared aft affirmative results because of cases of contamination but Tygart argues nan cases are not comparable.

"Unlike nan China TMZ 23, successful this case, arsenic nan rules required, we provisionally suspend nan athlete, presented nan issues earlier an independent arbitrator, and publically announced nan outcome," Tygart told Reuters, external.

"It is sad to spot but Wada has genuinely mislaid it and is crumbling earlier nan world’s eyes."