China's former Winter Olympic champion Yang Yang has been nominated by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the position of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) vice¹ president.

 

中国冬奥会冠军杨扬被国际奥委会提名为世界反兴奋剂组织副主席。
 

 

Yang, 43, became China's first Winter Olympic champion at Salt Lake City in 2002, when she took two gold medals and a silver in the short track speedskating event.

 

She was an IOC member from 2010 until 2018, when she was appointed IOC Marketing² Commission member.

 

"The IOC Executive Board has nominated Ms Yang Yang, an Olympic champion from China, as the representative of the Olympic Movement for the vice presidency³ of WADA," the IOC said in a statement on Wednesday.

 

WADA released a statement congratulating Yang on her nomination⁴.

 

"The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) congratulates double Olympic champion Yang Yang from China on her nomination by the representatives of the Sport Movement on WADA's Executive Committee (ExCo) and Foundation Board (Board) as their preferred candidate for the position of WADA vice president when the current incumbent⁵, Norwegian politician Linda Helleland, steps down from the role at the end of 2019," it said.

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