[claraclaraclara]

She has made a real controversy in the pool at London 2012, but is her success 'unbelivable'?

[James A]

Many people say that she has been taking drugs, but the team who organise and run drug checks on the athletes aren't that stupid and know of the many loopholes, so innocent until proven guilty. Maybe she just has a special gene (i know this sounds hysterical) that gives her the edge

[NB_ide]

Basically all Olympic athletes use banned drugs and the testing programme is a piece of theatre and not meant to be taken seriously.

Also, regardless of that, our "opinion" on whether such-and-such athlete is using "drugs" is completely irrelevant.

[desijut]

I think she's on some sort of illegal substance, but then again, I think most are on some illegal substance

[sucess]

she has been tested negative of any drugs

unfortunately i think many are complaining because of her race being chinese

[De Chirico]

Get the feeling some people would rather she was. I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt, sounds more like sour grapes from the USA than anything else.

[marcusfox]

You'd have to be stupid to use drugs. Everyone gets tested, particularly gold medal winners.

I think it's sad that anyone who achieves something as fantastic as she has done can't be genuinely celebrated by everyone, instead we have snidey comments from people who should know better, particularly the goon who started all this speculation in the media in the first place.

[claraclaraclara]

(Original post by NB_ide)
Basically all Olympic athletes use banned drugs and the testing programme is a piece of theatre and not meant to be taken seriously.

Also, regardless of that, our "opinion" on whether such-and-such athlete is using "drugs" is completely irrelevant.

The testing program 'a piece of theatre' really??! The testing program's done at these games are some of the best and most reliable in the world and most definately taken seriously, don't know how you can be so strongly opinionated and naive.

Sorry if our "opinions" on this post were too irrelevant for you.

[NB_ide]

(Original post by claraclaraclara)
The testing program 'a piece of theatre' really??! The testing program's done at these games are some of the best and most reliable in the world and most definately taken seriously

Oh, right, ok. I didn't realise.

brb

Sorry if our "opinions" on this post were too irrelevant for you.

Apology accepted.

[CallieCat]

She's been found clean. Why is this even a question?

[LETSJaM]

Heard a report saying that she was given drugs little while before event, so it would pass through and out of her body, yet the beneficial side effects would still give her the edge.

<3 x

[SleepySheep]

(Original post by sucess)
she has been tested negative of any drugs

unfortunately i think many are complaining because of her race being chinese

Agreed. It's very unfair.

[buchanan700]

I'm answering 'Yes', as in, she is clean of drugs as proven by drugs tests.

But you've asked two questions here it's confusing.

[vedderfan94]

It's interesting how everyone is on her back about this, but when Usain Bolt flies ahead of everyone else all the time it's absolutely fine

[FrescoDiMorte]

Michael phelps was accused of using PED's when he was at his best then he was cleared after taking a drugs test, can't wait for this to blow over so she finally gets the respect she deserves.

[callum9999]

(Original post by sucess)
she has been tested negative of any drugs

unfortunately i think many are complaining because of her race being chinese

(Original post by SleepySheep)
Agreed. It's very unfair.

What on earth makes you think they are complaining based on their race? That makes no sense whatsoever.

And being tested negative doesn't remotely mean they aren't taking drugs - it means they aren't taking the drugs that they've been tested for (not every performance enhancer on the planet is tested for).

Though more importantly, I don't think "opinions" on whether someone is a drugs cheat are remotely relevant. The people claiming she is a drugs cheat, or even that they just suspect it, have NO evidence WHATSOEVER to back up their claims making them utterly, utterly meaningless.

[rcummins1]

1 sec off the world record n 5 secs off your pb is very suspicious, especially as another young female Chinese swimmer was found guilty of doping not long ago.

Innocent till proven guilty i guess.

[chikane]

I bet it hurts the mens ego to be outdone by a 16 year old female. Ha

[liftorrot]

We wouldn't be posting on this thread had she been British/ American....
She won the medal , get over it people ...

[TimHuak]

It is not possible or practical to test for everything. Drug tests arent 100% reliable. If she has taken something then so have the other competitors. I would not be shocked if it is the case.

You cannot really know for sure but I will not put faith into a drug test