What is WADA, and why are they strong-arming 2034 Salt Lake Olympics officials over doping allegations?

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Paris Olympics haven't even started, and controversy has already reared its ugly head — and the Salt Lake 2034 Olympic delegation seems to be getting caught in the crossfire.

So what is WADA, and why did Olympic officials spend nearly half an hour delaying the Salt Lake 2034 vote to talk about it this morning when it didn't involve Utah at all?

What is WADA?

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is supposed to be the "supreme authority" on drug testing to keep Olympic athletes clean and on a level playing field.

At the Tokyo 2021 Games, as many as 23 Chinese swimmers failed drug tests given by Chinese authorities and submitted to WADA, showing the performance-enhancing heart drug Trimetazidine (TMZ) in their system, according to CNN. Three more of them also tested positive for clenbuterol between 2016 and 2017, Read Entire Article