[Infellgedq]

Ryan Lochte knocked Olympic icon Michael Phelps off his perch on Saturday with a brilliant performance to win the men's 400m individual medley.
But just minutes later, in the women's version of the event, a 16-year-old Chinese prodigy performed an even more amazing feat as she smashed the world record and left her competitors far behind.
Ye Shiwen posted such a good time that her final 50m was in fact faster than Lochte's performance in the men's event, at just 28.93 seconds.
Her achievement was so unprecedented that it even led some broadcasters to question whether Ye had benefited from underhand practices.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz227zsRXvM

[pharweqto]

Lochte beat the field by 4 seconds... for people to accuse this girl of doping because her final 25m-50m was faster is ridiculous.

[Farson]

It's just swimming. She should be that fast at 100, 200, and 400m as well.

[Feflyinvelf]

It's just swimming. She should be that fast at 100, 200, and 400m as well.

She is dominant in the 200.

In case you haven't noticed, the 200 medley and 400 medley are usually the same medalists.

[gundas]

She is dominant in the 200.

In case you haven't noticed, the 200 medley and 400 medley are usually the same medalists.

In case you haven't noticed, the half retard and the full retard are usually the same person too. Congrats on the gold.

[sFs4aOok]

China has become embroiled in the first doping controversy of the London Games after one of the world's most respected coaches described the swimming prodigy Ye Shiwen's gold medal performance as "unbelievable" and "disturbing".
The American John Leonard, executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, said the 16-year-old's performance was "suspicious" and said it brought back "a lot of awful memories" of the Irish swimmer Michelle Smith's race in the same event at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. Smith, now Michelle de Bruin, was banned for four years in 1998 after testing positive for an anabolic steroid.
Ye stunned world swimming on Saturday by winning gold in the 400m individual medley in a world-record time. It was her final 100m of freestyle, in which she recorded a split time of 58.68sec, that aroused Leonard's suspicion. Over the last 50m she was quicker than the American Ryan Lochte, who won the men's 400m individual medley in the second-fastest time in history .
"We want to be very careful about calling it doping," said Leonard, who is also the executive director of the USA Swimming Coaches Association.
"The one thing I will say is that history in our sport will tell you that every time we see something, and I will put quotation marks around this, 'unbelievable', history shows us that it turns out later on there was doping involved. That last 100m was reminiscent of some old East German swimmers, for people who have been around a while. It was reminiscent of the 400m individual medley by a young Irish woman in Atlanta."


http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...-olympics-2012

[PareKeect]

either she is part fish, it is china, so don't rule it out,, or she has a propeller in her woohoo.

[lodsemelf]

Lochte beat the field by 4 seconds... for people to accuse this girl of doping because her final 25m-50m was faster is ridiculous.

It's a little odd that it was five seconds faster than her previous best.

[MightyMasd]

They tested her and found no PEDs, but traces of lead.

[CoenceLomneedtrue]

They tested her and found no PEDs, but traces of lead.

Obviously an attempt to block out the Kryptonite.

[Golotop]

as much lead that china puts in their export products, I am amazed the swimmers don't since....maybe that is part of their training.

[Uplillacype]

Lochte beat the field by 4 seconds... for people to accuse this girl of doping because her final 25m-50m was faster is ridiculous.

she beat the wrold record by more than a second, she beat the field by nearly 3 seconds, and beat her time at last year's world championships by 7 seconds.

[Petwrenny]

she beat the wrold record by more than a second, she beat the field by nearly 3 seconds, and beat her time at last year's world championships by 7 seconds.

When Lochte beat the field by 4 seconds people didn't assume steroids. She's being tested.

It's classless to call her out with ZERO evidence other than, "she can't be that much better than us".

[pokerbonuscod]

When Lochte beat the field by 4 seconds people didn't assume steroids. She's being tested.

It's classless to call her out with ZERO evidence other than, "she can't be that much better than us".

where are you getting 4 seconds from? he also didn't come close to shattering the world record. or cut 7 seconds off his time in a year.

right, because china and it's athletes don't have a history of cheating.

[illetrygrargo]

When Lochte beat the field by 4 seconds people didn't assume steroids. She's being tested.

It's classless to call her out with ZERO evidence other than, "she can't be that much better than us".

Better than us? I think it has more to do with being significantly better than herself at any previous time.

[goolen4you]

And the Chinese retaliate....

First, there was this screaming headline in Britain's Daily Mail: "US Attacks China Over Drugs Row Supergirl Swimmer."But the next move in the swim pool tat-for-tat war of words between the United States and China was truly bizarre and strangely out of focus, as a former Olympic doctor from China promptly decided to throw Michael Phelps and his 14 gold medals under the bus.
If the doctor, Chen Zhanghao, was trying to steer the conversation away from newly minted gold medalist Ye Shiwen and defend the teenager, it came off as clumsy and ill-advised in comments reported by the Sydney Morning Herald. Chen was in charge of the Chinese team's medical staff through four Olympic Games, starting in Los Angeles in 1984. http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympi...,3281192.story

[SOgLak]

Better than us? I think it has more to do with being significantly better than herself at any previous time.

So the theory is she's doping just before the medal race?

[Peretool]

And the Chinese retaliate....

http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympi...,3281192.story

Not surprising.

[SusanSazzios]

right, because china and it's athletes don't have a history of cheating.

Right, because the US and it's athletes don't have a history of cheating.

[irrawnWab]

Right, because the US and it's athletes don't have a history of cheating.

really, there's been a group of us athletes in a specific sport that has a history of cheating like china's women's swim team? i don't believe that is close to being true.