Lets get it out there. Who thought, "Impossible."
I do.
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It seems at least two former prominent Australian swimmers believe in Ye incredible feat:
Susie O'Neill and Grant Hackett both had cause during their careers to suspect that they had been robbed of major medals by drug cheats, but both cautioned against making any accusations against Ye.
Twice O'Neill was relegated to the bronze behind two Chinese swimmers in the 100m and 200m butterfly at the notorious 1994 Rome world championships - just weeks before a swag of Chinese swimmers tested positive at the Asian Games - but she is adamant Ye's world record deserves to be taken at face value.
"I thought it was awesome," O'Neill told The Australian. "I was a bit shocked when I saw her. She looks nothing like the people I encountered when I was swimming, with their huge physiques. Ye is quite small.
"I just don't think China would do that again. Maybe I'm too trusting, but I've seen the Chinese ... train and they have an amazing work ethic. I think they're clean."
Hackett admitted he blinked when he realised what Ye was splitting as he helped to call the race for the Nine Network. "As I said in my call, that's a male split that 58 point for the last 100m," he said. "What she did was incredible and mindblowing and I'm still sitting here flabbergasted. But I think back to some of the utterly amazing things Thorpie did, or Aaron Peirsol, and I think how unfair it was that some people cast doubts over them.
"I think the current Chinese swimmers have inherited the legacy of those years when China cheated. I know this girl went to the Gold Coast to train under Denis (Cotterell, Hackett's former coach) and he has told me how dedicated they are. It is not as though they are doing sensational times on half the training."www.theaustralian.com.au/.../story-fne3a96w-1226438936146
It seems at least two former prominent Australian swimmers believe in Ye incredible feat:
Susie O'Neill and Grant Hackett both had cause during their careers to suspect that they had been robbed of major medals by drug cheats, but both cautioned against making any accusations against Ye.
Twice O'Neill was relegated to the bronze behind two Chinese swimmers in the 100m and 200m butterfly at the notorious 1994 Rome world championships - just weeks before a swag of Chinese swimmers tested positive at the Asian Games - but she is adamant Ye's world record deserves to be taken at face value.
"I thought it was awesome," O'Neill told The Australian. "I was a bit shocked when I saw her. She looks nothing like the people I encountered when I was swimming, with their huge physiques. Ye is quite small.
"I just don't think China would do that again. Maybe I'm too trusting, but I've seen the Chinese ... train and they have an amazing work ethic. I think they're clean."
Hackett admitted he blinked when he realised what Ye was splitting as he helped to call the race for the Nine Network. "As I said in my call, that's a male split that 58 point for the last 100m," he said. "What she did was incredible and mindblowing and I'm still sitting here flabbergasted. But I think back to some of the utterly amazing things Thorpie did, or Aaron Peirsol, and I think how unfair it was that some people cast doubts over them.
"I think the current Chinese swimmers have inherited the legacy of those years when China cheated. I know this girl went to the Gold Coast to train under Denis (Cotterell, Hackett's former coach) and he has told me how dedicated they are. It is not as though they are doing sensational times on half the training."www.theaustralian.com.au/.../story-fne3a96w-1226438936146
