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America’s top athletes could be banned from the Olympics and other major international sporting events if the United States follows through on its threat to withdraw funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), anti-doping leaders told Reuters. The U.S. threat has sent shockwaves through the anti-doping community and prompted several governments to urge WADA to introduce legislation that would find the U.S. non-compliant with the WADA Code, effectively barring American athletes from international competition. (Keating, 9/3)

Testing levels around the world have fallen because of the restrictions in place to combat the spread of Covid-19. Anti-doping bodies said they "understand clean athletes' concerns" on the issue. "The reduced level of testing worldwide is immensely frustrating," a group of 17 anti-doping agencies said. (9/3)