WADA Suspends Beijing Anti-Doping Lab's Accreditation

WADA suspended the accreditation of Beijing's National Anti-Doping laboratory on Thursday, "weeks after launching a probe into drugs allegations in Chinese swimming," according to Brenda Goh of REUTERS. The laboratory, suspended for a maximum of four months, "has 21 days to appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport." WADA said that the laboratory "could apply for reinstatement before the four months was up if it took remedial steps and tackled 'non-conformities,' without providing details." China's national anti-doping agency said that the laboratory had submitted "two false negative results" during blind tests conducted by WADA in '15. Xinhua quoted the laboratory as saying that the false negative results were caused by "technical errors" because it had yet to update testing methods to meet WADA's latest requirements (REUTERS, 4/22).