'Summoning even Phelps' China doping scandal. U.S.-China off-the-shelf confrontation. an acrimonious counterattack. "The U.S. is doing something like Hitler"
Aug 04, 2024
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China's Zhang Yufei, who won the bronze medal in the butterfly at the 2024 Paris Olympics, said on the 4th (Korea time) that China is suspicious of swimming doping, `We are innocent. It has been made clear by the International Swimming Federation.
The doping scandal dates back four years. Twenty-three Chinese swimmers participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics tested positive for doping before the opening July. However, China emphasized participation in the summit.
Just before the Paris Olympics, US and Australian media reported that `at the time, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) did not judge the matter fairly.'
The list included Zhang Yufei's name.
However, Zhang Yufei told China's SinaCOM that athletes from all countries, including China, should be tested for doping. The number of tests is increasing and Chinese athletes are faithfully working on doping tests. Fan Jun-ler, who won the 100m freestyle world record, also underwent several doping tests from the moment he entered the (Paris Olympics) athletes' village. Why should China be suspected, and why Phelps, who won numerous gold medals, was not suspected. In the meantime, many athletes insisted that why didn't they raise the doping controversy?'
China has been suspected of doping several times. Of course, as Zhang Yufei said, the U.S. athletes also had doping problems. However, systematic suspicions have been raised in China.
China's SinaCom criticized it with a very tough tone. The Western media, centered on the United States, raised suspicions 'witch hunt'.
The media reported that '31 Chinese athletes stayed in Paris for 10 days, and received nearly 200 drug tests. On the eve of the competition, the Chinese swimming team arrived in Paris to adapt, train, and recover to the stadium, and adapt their physical conditions, including physiological, psychological, and mental conditions, to competitive conditions. I received five to seven urine samples per day and took hours in between. And an average of five to seven tests per person every day were conducted.
The International Anti-Doping Agency (IADA) also requires 75% of athletes in high-risk areas to undergo high-frequency tests, typically three times a day. However, we are being tested three times a day per person, up to 95% of athletes are being tested, and the number of tests in China is conservatively estimated to be more than double the usual number, he said.'Any system should be fair, but it has lost fairness.'
It also mentioned differences with the United States. The media reported that `U.S. athletes can be tested by the U.S. anti-doping agency itself, but not by Chinese athletes. Western players, centered around the United States, who are privileged by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, even did the same thing as Hitler. Hitler is famous for his anecdote of not shaking hands with Jesse Owens' gold medal at the 1930s Olympics. When Chinese athletes win medals, Western athletes don't even shake hands.
sfryu@sportschosun.com
