Despite facing intense scrutiny over a doping scandal, China's swimming team, led by Pan Zhanle and Zhang Yufei, claimed 12 medals in the swimming events at the Paris Olympics. This is an improvement from their performance in Tokyo, but they still finished behind the United States and Australia. The team came under fire after reports of 23 positive drug tests, but they were able to explain it as a result of food contamination and were cleared by WADA.