US anti-doping accuses Wada of trying to ‘smear America’ amid Enhanced Games row

The pro-doping Enhanced Games are scheduled to take place in Las Vegas

US Anti-Doping Agency president Travis Tygart said Wada's suggestion that Usada should do more to stop the Enhanced Games taking place was a “desperate attempt to divert attention” from its role in the Chinese swimming scandal of 2021. Pic: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

The war of words between anti‑doping bodies over the Enhanced Games has intensified after Usada accused Wada of attempting “to smear America”.

Travis Tygart, president of the US Anti-Doping Agency, made the claim as he hit back at the World Anti-Doping Agency suggestion that it should do more to stop the pro‑doping event scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next year. Tygart said that Wada’s intervention was a “desperate attempt to divert attention” from its role in the Chinese swimming scandal of 2021.