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First controversy of the Olympics

Doc Holiday

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16 year old chinese athlete Ye Shiwen, apparently had a dead lock split in her final 100m of the 400im with Lochte and faster then him in the final 50m, if you are unfamiliar swimming this is unheard of, she is either a freakishly talented athlete or she is blood doping, considering the girls age, I'd say she must be doping but even with that said it is not something that you can just prove.

LONDON – She's 16 years old, and for 50 meters on Saturday night, she swam faster than U.S. superstar Ryan Lochte. And now China's Ye Shiwen is at the center of some controversial buzz at the Aquatics Center of these Olympic Games.

Shiwen smashed the world record in the women's 400-meter IM and took gold Saturday night, torching the final 100 meters in the event and coming from behind to beat U.S. 400 IM champion Elizabeth Beisel. Shiwen shaved more than a second off Australian Stephanie Rice's world record in her win, finishing at 4:28.43. But it was her final 100 meters – the freestyle leg of the event – that raised eyebrows. Not only did Shiwen go virtually stroke-for-stroke with Lochte – who had won gold in the men's 400 IM earlier in the night – she beat Lochte in the final 50 meters.

Shiwen went 28.93 in her final 50 and 58.68 in her final 100 of her 400 IM. Lochte went 29.10 in his final 50. And the final 100 meters of the pair? Lochte went 58.65 to Shiwen's 58.68. That was such intriguing fodder that when Lochte was in the mixed zone Sunday morning, he said Shiwen had been a topic of conversation the previous night.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--controversy-surrounds-world-record-400-im-of-china-s-16-year-old-ye-shiwen-.html

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If she cheated, she cheated. But LOL at the jealous white people mad an American or Brit lost. As for the 50 time, everypne said he slowed down during that stretch which is why he didn't break the record. Had he not, this whole story would be moot.

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Feel free to bump this when they prove she cheated.

Nice post buddy, I just like how you stated that it only happened because Lochte slowed down as he finished the 400im, which tends to happen when you try to sprint a 400im, go check any race longer then 200 meters ever it always happens. the final lap is never the fastest, and this girl goes out and throws down the fastest split ever for a 100 free by a woman on the tale end of a 400im? Not likely, nothing to do with who she beat, it just doesn't make any sense at all.

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If she cheated, she cheated. But LOL at the jealous white people mad an American or Brit lost. As for the 50 time, everypne said he slowed down during that stretch which is why he didn't break the record. Had he not, this whole story would be moot.

Someone needs more coffee this morning.

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Nice post buddy, I just like how you stated that it only happened because Lochte slowed down as he finished the 400im, which tends to happen when you try to sprint a 400im, go check any race longer then 200 meters ever it always happens. the final lap is never the fastest, and this girl goes out and throws down the fastest split ever for a 100 free by a woman on the tale end of a 400im? Not likely, nothing to do with who she beat, it just doesn't make any sense at all.

Exactly.

Anyone who thinks that it is normal for the last leg of a 400IM to be the fastest 100M freestyle split ever knows absolutely nothing about swimming.

This girl was not even supposed to contend and then throws down that split. She very likely cheated....and I bet they catch her at it.

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