WADA to put USADA under compliance review for the first time

The World Anti-Doping Agency, or WADA, is stepping up efforts to defend its authority. For the first time, WADA will take the US Anti-Doping Agency, also known as USADA, to an independent court for compliance review as the latter is allegedly involved in data breach activities. What signal is WADA trying to send out with this landmark move? If USADA is found in breach of the world anti-doping code, what consequences will it face? And what implications does WADA’s move mean for the global sporting community?

Host Tu Yun joins Dr. Qu Qiang, a Fellow of the Belt and Road Research Center, Minzu University of China, Dr. Wang Zhengxu, a professor from the School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, and Edward Lehman, the Founder and Managing Director of China-based law firm Lehman, Lee & Xu for a close look at the issue on this episode of Chat Lounge.