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Olympic swimmer McLaughlin says future athletes could doubt fairness in clean competition at Senate hearing on dope test–positive Chinese swimmers

Former Olympic Swimmer Katie McLaughlin says in opening testimony at a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy hearing about lacking international response to Chinese doping in Olympic swimming that she thinks about next young athlete who steps up on blocks and does not have shot at fairness, since young athletes get one chance to achieve their dream and cannot do so on uneven playing field, which drives her to speak up today because she does not want to stay quiet knowing another young girl like her is working just as hard but might not get fair shot, emphasizing that while they are individuals with individual stories what unites them is fighting for honest, clean and fair competition, with it being about people, pride, sacrifice and integrity where it should never be question whether playing field is level, caring about future of sport and everyone dreaming of being in her shoes getting fair shot at achieving dreams.
Former Olympic Swimmer Katie McLaughlin says in opening testimony at a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy hearing about lacking international response to Chinese doping in Olympic swimming that she thinks about next young athlete who steps up on blocks and does not have shot at fairness, since young athletes get one chance to achieve their dream and cannot do so on uneven playing field, which drives her to speak up today because she does not want to stay quiet knowing another young girl like her is working just as hard but might not get fair shot, emphasizing that while they are individuals with individual stories what unites them is fighting for honest, clean and fair competition, with it being about people, pride, sacrifice and integrity where it should never be question whether playing field is level, caring about future of sport and everyone dreaming of being in her shoes getting fair shot at achieving dreams.
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