Lets get it out there. Who thought, "Impossible."
I do.
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I'm german and have loved swimming since my youth-but the east german doping scandals of the early 80's affected me as a spectator.Now I usually am suspicious first when I see out of nowhere athletes perform unheard of feats-kinda takes the joy out of watching the sport sometimes.
Which makes me wonder about the Lithuanian *** stroke swimmer---is a 15 yr old seriusly going to whoop Soni and co.'s butt?
She trains in the UK. What has she done before?
So I wonder: would we be having this conversation if the roles were reversed and Beisel had won gold? If Katie Ledecky shaves 1 sec off the WR in the 800, will accusations follow?
No, but the US team doesn't have the rich doping tradition the Chinese do! It's unfortunate for her if she's clean, but people aren't going to forget about past Chinese transgressions so easily.
Which makes me wonder about the Lithuanian *** stroke swimmer---is a 15 yr old seriusly going to whoop Soni and co.'s butt?
Yeah, but young breaststroke phenoms have been common at past Olympics. Anita Nall won a silver and a bronze in '92 at 14, Amanda Beard won two silvers in '96 at age 14, Megan Quann won a gold in 2000 at age 16.
Touche. :)
At the end of the day teenagers are capable of almost anything.Except cleaning their room.
There have been some phenomenal swims; I just hope the swims are all clean.
Never thought of this conspiracy theory. Maybe a 3:50-ish for the 400 would have raised suspicion?
Either she just went for it or the thought of losing just wasn't an option. Does anyone know her past results?
I'm german and have loved swimming since my youth-but the east german doping scandals of the early 80's affected me as a spectator.Now I usually am suspicious first when I see out of nowhere athletes perform unheard of feats-kinda takes the joy out of watching the sport sometimes.
Which makes me wonder about the Lithuanian *** stroke swimmer---is a 15 yr old seriusly going to whoop Soni and co.'s butt?
Probably the same drug that helped Missy Franklin win the backstroke gold just 14 minutes after swimming the 200 free to qualify for the final!
I wonder if the Chinese are suspicious of this tremendous feat?
With their grueling training, Olympic athletes can swim numerous/back to back events. I don't find this suspicious. They recover quickly.
I find it much more suspicious to not be even a clear medal favorite, smash your PR, smash the tech suit WR and come back in the last 100 in 58+. Also quite odd that she is not in the 400 free or other freestyle events.
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