Michael Phelps Supports Competition Ban for Doping

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian in history, recently said he believes athletes who test positive for a banned substance should not be allowed to compete again. Phelps’ comments followed a doping scandal centered on Chinese swimmers from the Tokyo Games that was made public earlier this year.

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“If you test positive, you should never be allowed to come back and compete again, cut and dry,” Phelps said, according to the Associated Press on Monday. “I believe one and done.”

On Sunday, China won the gold medal in the men’s 4×100-meter medley relay to end the United States’ undefeated record in the race at the Olympics, and China’s swimming success in

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