"I am a great believer in innocent until proven guilty. So let's say it looks very fishy."

LOL thats quite clear then.

Lets juts hope she's clean like Lance Armstrong :-)


>A couple of corrections since I posted this. Her name is Ye, not Yu. And Bob Costas did bring it up on last night's telecast.
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>The Chinese have reacted predictably, saying this is western jealousy and/or racism. Well, excuse me, but several dozen Chinese athletes have been caught doping in international events. And no one is pointing fingers at the Chinese gymnasts or divers, two sports they dominate. Those are precision events and I don't even think doping would help. Fingers are being pointed at one (1) Chinese athlete.
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>Yes, I heard that she has been testing clean. But it isn't unknown for new performance enhancing drugs to be one step ahead of tests. You may remember the Irish swimmer (Michelle Smith?) whose times shot through the roof during the Olympics and who elicited similar reactions. She didn't test dirty until after the Olympics were over.
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>I am a great believer in innocent until proven guilty. So let's say it looks very fishy.
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>>My guess the reason they haven't said anything is that Yu's been passing the drug tests, including the one she gave right after swimming that race. I can understand the raised eyebrows over the last 50 being faster than Lochtes, not to mention that she shaved off 7 seconds from her previous best.
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>>>Here we go again.
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>>>Page 1 story in the NY Times today, me thunking my forehead not to have seen it. Without making a direct accusation, it strongly implies that the Chinese swimmers in the London Olympics have been getting some unnatural help. It focuses on Yu Shiwen, the 16 year old female Chinese swimmer who has been setting the time clock on fire. In winning the gold medal in the 400 IM on Sunday she came home in the last 50 as fast as Ryan Lochte in his statement making men's final.
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>>>Now maybe this was just an incredible performance by an unknown athlete. But the Chinese have a history, as does the sport of swimming. Remember the notorious East German "womens" teams of the 80s, who looked and performed like NFL linebackers? As does bicycling, where the elite athletes are basically all assumed to be doping.
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>>>I am a little disappointed in the NBC coverage that this has not even come up for discussion. I have been watching the swimming events closely and had not picked up a whiff of Yu Shiwen's times being fishy. I like Dan Hicks and Rowdy Gaines a lot. They make the races and competitors compelling, especially the break out star of these games, Missy Franklin. I would really hate to think their corporate masters have zipped their lips given the corporate stakes. That would be even more disappointing than a young athlete cutting corners for a shot at the gold ring.