US withholds $3.6 mln payment to WADA after no audit

USADA chief executive officer Travis T. Tygart said his group "fully supports this decision" by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy "as the only right choice to protect athletes' rights, accountability and fair competition." WADA said that the US government owes a total of $3.625 million, with WADA's overall 2025 operating budget at $57.5 million. The move to hold back 2024 WADA dues comes in the wake of WADA's controversial handling of positive doping tests by 23 Chinese swimmers who were later allowed to compete.