BOA Boss Defends Ye Shiwen
Teenage Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen is not a drug cheat, the British Olympic Association's chairman has said, after a US coach cast doubt on her world record-breaking swim.
Lord Colin Moynihan said Ye, 16, had passed drug tests, was "clean" and deserved recognition for her talent.So the general consensus seems to be the US official was being a whiney ass.Earlier, former British Olympic champion Adrian Moorhouse said the rumours appeared to be a case of sour grapes.
"The Chinese might have just found this really talented kid, who can work really hard, has the perfect shape and can cope with all the pressure thrown at her," he told the BBC.
Suspicions over Ye's performance were heightened when it was pointed out that in the final 50m of her race she swam faster than the winner of the men's race, Ryan Lochte.
However, her world-record time was still 23 seconds slower than Lochte's winning time, and several of Lochte's competitors were faster than her over the final 50m.
Chinese officials also pointed out that Lochte was easing to the finish, comfortably in the lead, whereas Ye had to battle to the end to take first place.
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07-31-2012, 01:56 PM #61Dive. Turn. Work.
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Badminton now. Irish woman playing French woman named Pi.
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07-31-2012, 02:45 PM #63
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First set to Magee! (are they called sets in badminton
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Badminton now. Irish woman playing French woman named Pi.)
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Irish badminton girl has won the first set/game/whatever you call it. Wheee!
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Annalise Murphy is leading in the fourth race of the sailing!
It just dawned on me that Annalise sounds vaguely rude depending on how you say it.
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Badminton is 1-1. C'mon Chloe!
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4/4 in the sailing.
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Pi won.
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Feck. I turned over to the eventing - more exciting than badminton Originally Posted by allezfred
Pi won.
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Gold and bronze for Germany and silver for Sweden in the eventing. Ireland getting a 7th place is quite good!
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Michael Jung is having a hell of a birthday with a second gold!
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Originally Posted by oleada
Party! I love eventing, so happy for the team.
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Great success for the team to repeat the result from Beijing. Originally Posted by Gil-Galad
Party! I love eventing, so happy for the team.
(Actually for the third time, but I'm willing the Athens skandal go -unlike the German presenter. "Seit 2008 wird zurückgeritten!"
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While I'm waiting for the gymnastics to start, I'm watching the female weightlifters show me their snatches.
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And here I thought you weren't into those. Originally Posted by allezfred
Djokovic destroying Roddick so far, up 62 41
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Viva Mexico!! a medal in the 10m synchro plaftorm
Second silver medal and very well deserved, the girls fought for the medal that third and fifth dive were awesome!!
Today is Paola´s birthday, she turns 26 what a present for her, a second medal and this makes her another first in our sport´s history as she becomes the first female athlete in our country to win 2 olympic medals
And I think that Alejandra becomes the youngest olympic medal winner ever for Mexico
I am excstatic!!!Skary Babs: "Today in the original dance some top couples did mistakes...(turns to Maurizio) Maurizio?"
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Can someone open the gymnastics thread, please?
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Done (before I even saw this post Originally Posted by Hedwig
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Ah, you still know how to read my mind.
Thanks.
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Novak divine in beating Roddick, only 6 unforced errors and 3 games dropped.
I think he could win this; he loves playing for Serbia.
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