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Chinese Olympic swimmer says doping testers are part of a ‘European and American’ plot

Swimming the star of Olympic show but mistrust muddies the water

The Chinese national swimming team embroiled in controversy over doping allegations since an April report has netted 12 medals at the Paris Olympics, including two gold, prompting attacks and rebuttals from athletes and observers.

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On Monday, China won gold in the men's 4x100M medley event, with participants Qin Haiyang and Sun Jiajun being among 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for banned substances ahead of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. The incident went unreported until an April story in the New York Times.

BBC News

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China’s Anti-Doping Agency had claimed that the positive tests for a heart medication, trimetazidine, were due to the consumption of contaminated meat, an explanation that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accepted.

Zhang Yufei, a swimmer named in the doping allegations that won bronze in the women’s 4x100 medley, said that Chinese swimmers had been undergoing drug testing three to four times a day for months. Pan Zhanle, a gold medal winner who was not accused of doping, said that other swimmers "looked down on" the Chinese team.

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