Doubts about the Chinese team's performance? Foreign media: British "Frog King" criticized the Chinese team's 4×100m medley relay victory and was questioned by netizens
2024-08-07
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[Global Network reporter Chen Yitong] On August 4, local time, the Chinese team won the gold medal in the men's 4x100m medley relay final of the Paris Olympics with a time of 3 minutes 27.46 seconds, and the US, French and British teams ranked second to fourth. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the 4th, in an interview after the game, British athlete Adam Peaty, who competed with the Chinese team, "questioned" the Chinese swimming team's victory. He also mentioned the recent hype by the US on the topic of doping involving China.
On July 28th local time, Adam Peaty won the silver medal in the men's 100m breaststroke final at the Paris Olympics. Source: foreign media
According to comprehensive media reports, Peaty, known as the British "Breaststroke King", won the men's 100-meter breaststroke championship in the Rio and Tokyo Olympics. The BBC reported on August 4 that after experiencing the "worst week" in his physical condition in his life, Peaty won the silver medal in the men's 100-meter breaststroke event in the Paris Olympics.
"If you took (doping) and you knew you were cheating, then you didn't win, right?" Peaty declared after Britain finished fourth in the men's 4x100m medley relay final, the BBC said. "My favorite quote lately is, 'If you don't win fair, then there's no point in winning.' I think you know the truth in your heart."
"I don't want to generalize about an entire country or group, I think that's very unfair," Piti said. In addition, according to the BBC, he hesitated on whether he had confidence in the existing anti-doping system, and mentioned the recent hype by the United States on the topic of doping involving China. "The Americans have been outspoken. We don't want to be distracted by this," Piti said. "But I think the system has to be stricter. I said from the beginning that this is a fraud, and if you cheat, it's a fraud," Piti added.
Piti's indirect remarks attracted attention on the social media X. Under the relevant report, some netizens bluntly advised him not to be "sour". "It's not a good look for a loser to be sour (on others). ↓
Some netizens advised Peaty to accept defeat, saying, "Learn to accept defeat! When the British, French, Australians and Americans lose to Asians, they always support xenophobic remarks. Accept the fact that the Chinese can swim better than you, and cry in your warm bed!"↓
Some netizens also made a direct comparison, saying, "American athletes take performance-enhancing drugs under the guise of asthma, ADHD and other 'diseases'. Chinese athletes have to undergo hundreds of drug tests over the years. Don't suggest that China is cheating here. That's so unsportsmanlike."
It is worth noting that according to a Reuters report on the 4th, American swimming star Dressel was "more cautious" in his post-match remarks in this game.
Asked after the game whether he felt he was competing against clean opponents, Dressel said, "We have to trust the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)." "They are the better team, it's that simple," Dressel added.
According to previous media reports, in April this year, several Western media claimed that several Chinese swimmers were found to be positive for the doping drug trimetazidine in 2021 but were not punished. WADA immediately responded that the China Anti-Doping Center promptly notified the result after the incident and concluded that the positive result was caused by hotel food contamination based on the investigation. WADA recognized this conclusion after a detailed review, so the relevant reports were "misleading and potentially defamatory." According to the preliminary report of the independent investigation released by Swiss independent prosecutor Eric Cordier on July 9, WADA did not show favoritism or improper handling in the investigation of Chinese swimmers who tested positive due to contamination.
According to previous media reports, at the press conference after the men's 100m freestyle final at the Paris Olympics on July 31, local time, a foreign media asked whether doping tests would affect the Chinese swimming team's preparations. Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle, who won the gold medal in the event, responded: "Last year, I underwent 29 tests and never had a positive result. Including our championship this year, there were 21 tests from May to July, and there was no positive result. Doping tests have no impact on our preparations, because they are all random checks within the prescribed time and rules, so it's no big deal."
In addition, according to media reports, on August 1, local time, in the women's 200m butterfly final at the Paris Olympics, Chinese swimmer Zhang Yufei won the bronze medal with a time of 2 minutes 05.09 seconds. According to a Weibo post by Shanghai TV's Five Star Sports Channel on August 2, at the press conference after the women's 200m butterfly race, when a foreign media reporter questioned whether Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle was taking doping, Zhang Yufei responded at the press conference by asking: Why are Chinese athletes questioned for swimming fast, but no one dares to question Phelps and Ledecky?
