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PARIS — Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky and other American swimmers expressed their support for stringent anti-doping policies on the eve of the Paris Games, the first major international meet since news broke of a doping scandal involving Chinese swimmers. Ledecky said she is asking that the rules ensuring fair competition are applied “fairly and consistently worldwide.”
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Multiple outlets, including the New York Times, in April revealed that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance seven months before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and none were ever punished.