Olympic Glory

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Guh... enough mud-flinging at Shiwen Ye already... she's passed every drug test that's been thrown at her, so as far as anyone knows, she's clean. Innocent until proven guilty -- unless someone can provide concrete evidence that she's cheating, then I say she deserves to have the benefit of the doubt and just let the girl enjoy her victories.

As far as I can see, there's only two possibilities here, either:
A) She's using some kind of drug that can't be detected by current testing methods, or...
B) She's clean and just a damn good swimmer!

...but until anyone can actually PROVE that she's cheating, I say critics should just kindly take a cup of STHU and just celebrate this girl's achievements.

Ever heard of Marion Jones or Michael Johnson? These were favorites and expected winners. Marion enjoyed the victories but admitted later she was taking the "clear". Even these cheated.

Having some unknown beat her personal record by 7 seconds in the olympics is just somewhat suspect. To be considered faster than a man, it's definitely possible but unlikely. That's why we separate the men from the women. If men and women were physically equal, then we'd only have one event instead of two.

The only reason why people can't accept this is because she wasn't on the radar of contenders. If people knew about her before the olympics, this would be a non-issue even "if" she was cheating.

Only time will tell when a whistle blower or she herself admits if there's truth to these allegations or not.