London 2012: Ye Shiwen reaction 'shows western hostility to China'
State-run Chinese newspaper says suspicions about teenage swimming prodigy's performance come from 'deep bias'The controversy over teenage swimming prodigy Ye Shiwen is a sign that western hostility to...
View ArticleYe Shiwen: China is not being singled out with doping suspicions | Yajun Zhang
China's obsessive need to prove itself to the world makes its people feel that the doping challenge is a personal attackOn the third day of the London Olympics, 16-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen...
View ArticleMichael Phelps is not the greatest ever Olympian, says Lord Coe
• Lord Coe offers Redgrave and Thompson as alternatives• Ye Shiwen offered benefit of doubt by Locog chairmanLord Coe said on Wednesday that he did not believe the swimmer Michael Phelps should be...
View ArticleLondon 2012: Ye Shiwen doping accusations criticised by Fina
• World governing body backs double Olympic champion• 'This athlete has been tested on four occasions in last year'Swimming's world governing body, Fina, has criticised speculation surrounding the...
View ArticleYe Shiwen's Olympics gold medal win defended by Chinese swimmers - video
Swimmers in Beijing say Ye Shiwen used talent to win her gold medals at the London 2012 Olympics
View ArticleOlympic record-beating swimmer Ye Shiwen defended after doping query
Sport's body FINA dismisses insinuations and states Chinese gold-medallist teenager passed all drugs testsSwimming's governing body, FINA, stepped to the defence of the Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen on...
View ArticleYe Shiwen's extraordinary Olympic swim: a statistical analysis
Ye Shiwen swam the last 50m of her 400m individual medley final quicker than the winner of the men's race. How 'unbelievable' is this in statistical terms?• Get the data• More London 2012 Olympics data...
View ArticleThe monstering of swimmer Ye Shiwen says much about declining superpowers |...
Chinese Olympic athletes are people, not comic book villains. Something's going on when one nation is so singled outIt's not cricket, you know. There's something fiendishly cruel about the monstering...
View ArticleSwimmer Ye Shiwen hits back on Chinese state TV about London Olympic doping...
Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen tells Chinese station CCTV of her disappointment about suggestions that she relied on performance-enhancing drugs
View ArticleRewind TV: London 2012 Olympics; Horizon: Mission to Mars; Midwives – review
Medal winners aside, the real stars of the Olympics so far have been the BBC's female commentary teamLondon 2012 Olympics (everywhere in this or any other universe, but mainly BBC) | iPlayerHorizon:...
View ArticleLondon 2012: China suspects bias against its Olympic athletes
After the furore over the badminton and Ye Shiwen's record swim China feels the team are being picked on. But are they?阅读中文 | Read this in ChineseThe entire 16,000-strong crowd stood to applaud the...
View ArticleDean Macey: Ye Shiwen's Olympic gold was tainted by the doubters
It is wrong that great performances at London 2012 have raised doubts just because of the drug cheats of the past阅读中文 | Read this in ChineseIs it fair to cast aspersions over an athlete's performance...
View ArticleLondon 2012: Ten Olympic debutants who can return to rule in Rio | Sam Jones
For Laura Trott, Missy Franklin and others the four-year journey to the 2016 Games promises to be golden• Ten great Olympians who will not be back in Rio1 Laura TrottThe 20-year-old-cyclist from...
View ArticleHannah Miley holds off challenge of Ye Shiwen to take gold in Istanbul
• 23-year-old wins 400m individual medley in 4min 23.14sec• Jemma Lowe takes bronze in the 200m butterfly eventHannah Miley held off the Olympic champion Ye Shiwen to claim Great Britain's first gold...
View ArticleHannah Miley battles to bronze at World Short-Course Championships
• Briton 'chuffed' with 200m IM medal to add to 400m gold• American Ryan Lochte sets second world record in 100m IMHannah Miley claimed her second medal of the World Short-Course Championships when she...
View ArticleLondon 2012: Gold medal swimming coach defends Ye Shiwen - video
Swimming coach Jon Rudd, who masterminded Lithuanian Olympic gold medalist Ruta Meilutyte's win, criticises US coach John Leonard for doubting the talent of record-breaking swimmer Ye Shiwen. Leonard...
View ArticleYe Shiwen sets new Olympic record to win 200m medley at London 2012
Chinese swimmer wins second gold medal at Aquatics Centre Australia's Alicia Coutts takes silver, beaten by 0.58 secondsYe Shiwen's life may be a little different to how it was 24 hours ago, but her...
View ArticleYe Shiwen calmly takes another gold as drug claim storm rages around her
16-year-old Chinese swimmer wins another Olympic title and directly rejects allegations of dopingThe teenage Chinese swimmer at the centre of a global controversy over allegations of doping accused her...
View ArticleOlympic swimming: Michael Phelps and Ye Shiwen in medal hunt as it happened
Ye Shiwen wins 200m medley despite controversy Michael Phelps claims record-breaking Olympic medal haul Michael Jamieson claims British record in 200m breaststroke Alison Schmitt and Chad Le Clos also...
View ArticleYe Shiwen: the shy youngster who became a controversial record holder
London 2012: Chinese swimmer ascribes success to quality of training she has received since childhoodThe family had gathered around the laden table for Chinese New Year. It was a rare chance for Ye...
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