In April, it was reported that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the heart drug trimetazidine (TMZ) – which can improve performance – ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Games.
They were not punished after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accepted Chinese authorities’ argument that the case was caused by food contamination.
Several won medals, including gold, in Tokyo.
China named its swimming team for Paris on Tuesday. They included 11 of the 23 who tested positive on the banned TMZ and were mentioned in news reports in April.
The 11 include butterfly specialist Zhang Yufei, who won two golds in Japan, and another gold medalist in Wang Shun.
Rising star Qin Haiyang is another star who was mentioned in the media in April and will be heading to Paris.
WADA’s decision not to punish the swimmers has led to intense criticism, especially from the United States.
Travis Tygart, the head of the US National Anti-Doping Agency, has called the situation a “possible cover-up”, an accusation that WADA and China have denied.
WADA has said it will send a compliance audit team to China to “assess the current state of the country’s anti-doping program,” an investigation in which China has said it will cooperate.
