The 2034 Winter Olympics will take place in Salt Lake City, but the International Olympic Committee is retaining the right to cancel over U.S. criticisms of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
That provision was included in a revised hosting contract that contained a new clause about respecting the global sports doping regulator. The change came as American authorities investigate a case in which 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance in 2020—several of whom then won gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics the following year.
The positive tests went undisclosed until a New York Times investigation in April. The report claimed WADA decided not to hold the athletes to account despite being handed “intelligence suggesting a cover-up and doping by Chinese swimmers.”
