The room was chaos the moment Thomas stepped onto the podium.

Cameras flashed nonstop. Reporters shouted over each other. Microphones were pushed so close that security had to step in.

ESPN, CNN, BBC, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Sky Sports, Global Sports Network, SportsHub Media, and over thirty other outlets were present. Every seat was filled. Every corridor was crowded. Even the balcony had journalists squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder.

Thomas adjusted the mic, face stern, eyes sharp.

"Everyone, calm down," he said firmly. "I will take questions from as many outlets as possible. One question per representative. Let's do this properly."

The entire room went quiet.

He had never spoken with this level of authority before. Even the cameras stopped moving for a moment.

A woman from BBC Sport shot her hand up first.

"Is it true that over a dozen U.S. athletes tested positive for the enhancement formula?"

Thomas didn't hide anything.

"Yes. We have confirmed multiple positive tests. Most of them are connected to their coaches. Some athletes acted alone, but the majority were introduced to the drug through coaching channels."

A wave of murmurs filled the hall.

A man from ESPN stood next.

"Do you have concrete evidence tying these coaches to the distribution?"

Thomas slid a folder forward.

"Proof of payments. Recorded messages. Training logs. Bloodwork. We have everything. This wasn't a mistake. It was organized cheating."

Gasps filled the room.

Someone from Reuters raised her voice.

"Is it true this has been going on for four years?"

Thomas inhaled deeply.

"Yes. And I take responsibility for not detecting it earlier. But I assure you—we are correcting that failure with full force."

The crowd exploded into murmurs again.

He continued before they could interrupt.

"I have slept three hours in the last forty-eight hours. My team hasn't gone home. We are testing every athlete, every sample—past and present. Nobody is exempt. Not even national icons."

Hands shot up again.

A CNN reporter asked:

"Are international athletes also testing positive for the formula?"

"Yes," Thomas said bluntly. "So far, we have reports from China, Russia, Great Britain, Germany, Brazil, Japan, and South Africa. This formula isn't just in the U.S. It has spread globally."

A wave of shock hit the room so hard it felt physical.

Next was Sky Sports:

"Are major events going to be rescheduled? The Olympic trials especially?"

Thomas nodded slowly.

"If an entire event—say the 100m freestyle—has its top three athletes testing positive and the others doesn't meet the Olympic Trials , we cannot take their results as final. That means certain trials may be repeated or adjusted to ensure fairness. We are coordinating with the IOC about it."

Another uproar.

Even the security guards shifted nervously.

Someone from the made-up Global Sports Network stood.

"Why are you personally this involved? This level of intensity is unusual for an agency chief."

Thomas paused.

The room fell into silence.

He leaned forward slightly.

"I was once an athlete," he said quietly. "I ran track. I trained for years. I lost my spot on the national team to someone who later confessed to using performance enhancers."

Murmurs filled the room again—but softer, sympathetic.

"I know how it feels," he continued. "To work hard, to sacrifice everything, only to be cheated out of a dream. So when I discovered this formula—this system—I promised myself no athlete under my watch would suffer what I did."

Flashes went off rapidly.

His voice hardened.

"I will burn this corruption to the ground, even if I have to fight every coach, every agent, every official involved."

A New York Times reporter raised her hand.

"What punishment can the implicated athletes expect?"

"Temporary suspension at minimum," Thomas replied. "Lifelong bans for repeated use or confirmed conspiracy. Coaches? They may face criminal charges depending on the state. We are working with federal law enforcement."

A man from Athletic Review Daily asked:

"Do you think the U.S. team will still be able to compete normally in the Olympics after this?"

Thomas sighed.

"That depends on the final number of clean athletes left. But I would rather send a smaller clean team than a large team built on cheating."

Applause broke out—unexpected, loud, and sincere.

Even some reporters stood up.

Thomas lifted a hand.

"One final question."

A young reporter from SportsHub Media spoke up nervously.

"Sir… how big is this scandal really?"

Thomas looked around the room—at the cameras, the journalists, the buzzing world waiting outside.

Then he said, firmly:

"This is the biggest doping scandal of the century. And we haven't even released the names yet."

The room exploded.

Voices. Questions. Flashes. Chaos.

Thomas stepped back from the podium and signaled to his deputy.

"That's enough. Release the first wave of documents," he ordered.

The deputy nodded and rushed out with an envelope.

Within minutes, the first list of banned coaches and suspended athletes was uploaded online.

THE WORLD REACTS

In less than six minutes:

– ESPN released "U.S. Sports in Flames: First List Drops."

– CNN reported "Massive Doping Network Exposed."

– BBC aired "International Shock as Global Athletes Also Linked."

– Reuters wrote "Olympic Trials at Risk of Being Re-run."

– Sky Sports uploaded a special segment. – Al Jazeera discussed the global impact. – New York Times dropped an analysis article. – Global Sports Network labeled it "The Collapse of an Era."

Then the social media chaos began.

#USADASCANDAL

#GlobalDopingCrisis

#OlympicsInDanger

#CorruptionInSports

Thousands of tweets per second. Millions of likes. Millions of shares.

Athletes from clean countries demanded justice. Some competitors celebrated secretly. Some cried on livestreams. Some deleted old posts in panic.

Meanwhile, the IOC released a short statement:

"We will assess the scale of affected events. Certain trials may be repeated depending on the number of disqualified athletes."

More panic. More confusion. More headlines.

America. China. Russia. The UK. Brazil. Japan. Germany.

No country was escaping this untouched.

The world of sports was collapsing.

And Thomas had only released the first wave.

And the internet were in shambles as the name of top athletes were released people were shocked at the massive number of athletes and coaches that were involvee in them.

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