Reuters” Any fear is just a joke. Stress just makes us stronger”, Qin Haiyang- a part of China’s history-making people’s 4x100m mix ensemble posted after their extraordinary success over the US on Monday.
Qin’s apparent defiance came at the tail end of a difficult time for China in the lake.
After a string of doping allegations, which included Qin and his relay teammate Sun Jiajun, were met with controversy in the US, which included contentious US allegations that the World Anti-Doping Agency ( Wada ) was hiding the truth.
They apparently passed good doping tests before the Tokyo Olympics, joining 23 other Chinese swimmers.
And although Chinese swimmers have been drug-tested twice as much as some other nations this year before heading to Paris, their performances have been met with scepticism.
Right after the medley event on Monday, Team GB’s Adam Peaty opened his fire on the Chinese team, saying “there’s no point winning if you’re not winning fair”.
Michael Phelps, a legendary swimmer, has spoken out against cheating issues. ” If you test good, you should never be allowed to come up and compete afterwards, cut and dry”, he told media company Associated Press. ” I believe one and done”.
To the Chinese swimming crew and their millions of fans up apartment, however, the defeat brought joy and justification.
The tag” China winning silver medal at 4x100m mix switch” was viewed 760 million occasions on Weibo.
” China’s silver medal are squeaky clean, we won it with our professionalism”! A post racked up more than 8, 000 enjoys on Weibo reads.
Reuters” It’s been so difficult for the Chinese floating team”, read another major reply.
The tension has indeed been huge.
China’s brand-new breakout swimmer Pan Zhanle, who won the men’s 100-meter free last and set a new world record, has shown this in comments made by him in the essential anchor calf of the relay.
Pan, who had not been one of the people who reported positive test results to the internet, claimed that some unusual rowers had looked him in the eye when he attempted to speak with them. Pan added that Australia’s Kyle Chalmers had snubbed him when he tried to say hello.
Pan’s record-breaking achievement was questioned by former American Olympic swimmer Brett Hawke who claimed it was “humanly impossible to beat that area” despite not being one of the positive test takeants.
Angelina Köhler, a European athlete, also questioned Zhang Yufei’s bronze-winning performance, which was also one of the 23 positive tests ever conducted. After the float, Köhler, who did not make the pulpit, reportedly said that” stories like that often have a poor flavor.”
EPAZhang, who won a gold and five statues in Paris, was even angry.
Why does fast-swim Chinese athletes be questioned? Why would n’t anyone care to question Michael Phelps, the USA’s Olympic medalist, who won eight gold? she asked in a press conference.
Beyond the lake, the pressure has also erupted. China’s anti-doping agency ( Chinada ) released a statement on Tuesday, accusing its US counterpart Usada of displaying double standards.
The US runner Erriyon Knighton’s case was highlighted in the media release. Knighton, a globe gold medalist who tested positive for trenbolone earlier this year, was not suspended from competing in the men’s 200-meter sprint this month. The arbiter had determined that poisoned meat was likely to blame for the outcome, similar to the Chinese athletes ‘ case.
Chinese viewers are even taking matters into their own hands.
In the past day, Adam Peaty’s Instagram accounts has received yelling responses. Yet his wife’s accounts was not spared. A top post under Peaty’s most recent article reads,” Curious why you’re just attacking China but none of the other nations that won ahead of you as also… very weird.”
Brett Hawke, who is now a swimming manager, has also been hit with furious comments on his Instagram account. He has since removed the Pan picture he initially posted, along with only his own comments.
Instead, on a new post about the men’s mix results, his comment just said:” Chinese men are winning”!