Catherine Rusoff
Team USA swimming star Katie Ledecky, who has more individual Olympic gold medals than any other swimmer in history, reacted to a recent report of Chinese swimmers testing positive for controlled substances ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Games, telling “CBS Sunday Morning” that she hopes for “some accountability.”
In April, The New York Times reported 23 Chinese swimmers, including two who competed directly against Ledecky and his teammates, tested positive for a banned substance just seven months before the Tokyo Games.
Chinese authorities say the swimmers inadvertently ate contaminated food. The World Anti-Doping Agency refused to take action, even though it appears that its own rules should have prohibited these swimmers from competing.
In an interview with correspondent Elaine Quijano to be broadcast on “CBS Sunday Morning” and broadcast on Paramount+ on June 2, Ledecky said: “In this case, it doesn’t seem like everything was followed to the letter. To see some accountability here, I’d like to see some answers as to why this happened the way it did. And I would really like to see what steps are taken for the future so that we can regain some confidence in the global system. .”
Asked whether she believes the results of the 2021 Games need to be re-examined or rescinded, Ledecky responded: “I mean, I think the whole case needs to be re-examined independently and completely and all the information needs to be available.”
Ledecky (whose new book, “Just Add Water: My Swimming Life,” will be published June 11) won her first Olympic gold at age 15 and has won seven gold medals and three silver medals in London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo . Games. She is currently preparing to compete in the Paris Olympic Games, which begin in July.
“It’s hard to go to Paris knowing that we’re going to compete with some of these athletes,” she said. “And I think our faith in some of the systems is at an all-time low. You try not to think too much about when you’re actually racing. And the best thing to do is just go out there and try to win.
“It’s difficult when you have it in your head that there’s not necessarily a level playing field,” she said.
Watch a preview of Katie Ledecky’s interview by clicking the video above.
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