Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Ye Shiwen

  • LONDON – The doping suspicions surrounding Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen arent going away anytime soon — and thats a good and a bad thing. Its good because it means the 16-year-old is winning more and more medals in these Games.
  • (USA Today)
  • LONDON – On Monday, China's Ye Shiwen won gold in the women's 400-meter individual medley, breaking the world record by a second. She swam her final 50-meter freestyle in 28.93 seconds, which was faster than Ryan Lochte's final 50 meters (29.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • A Chinese swimmer whose sensational performance has raised eyebrows at the Olympics, has won her second gold medal. Ye Shiwen, 16, swam to victory in the womens 200m individual medley with a time of 2 minutes and 57.
  • (Sky.com)
  • LONDON -- As doping allegations raged about Chinese phenom Ye Shiwen, United States swimming officials scrambled Tuesday to distance themselves from the story. John Leonard, the Florida-based executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Assn.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Drugs cheats at London 2012 will be caught but athletes who put in world record-breaking performances should be given the benefit of the doubt, the Olympics world body said today.
  • (ITV)
  • China has become embroiled in the first doping controversy of the London Games after one of the worlds most respected coaches described the swimming prodigy Ye Shiwens gold medal performance as unbelievable and disturbing.
  • (The Guardian)
  • Chinas Ye Swien wins gold in the womens 200m individual medley final during at the London Olympic Games.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • LONDON, July 31: China's teenage swimmer Ye Shiwen overcame doping allegations on Tuesday as she won gold in the women's 200m individual medley while American Michael Phelps equal an all-time Olympic medal record.
  • (DAWN Group)

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