No, it was Ye's performance that was consistent with doping (she was faster than Lochte over the final 50m).
The fact that she didn't fail a drug test means that she wasn't careless.
"The one thing I will say is that history in our sport will tell you that every time we see something, and I will put quotation marks around this, 'unbelievable', history shows us that it turns out later on there was doping involved. That last 100m was reminiscent of some old East German swimmers, for people who have been around a while. It was reminiscent of the 400m individual medley by a young Irish woman in Atlanta."
--John Leonard
Lochte also died on his last 50. You have to consider speed of the whole race and not one split. The speed of her total race is comparable in time differential with other records.
Ledecky's 400 free record is actually only 8% slower then the mens record while Ye's 400 IM record is 10% slower so you could say Ledecky is more suspicious. I will keep giving everyone the benefit of the doubt and not worry if anyone is cheating.
No, it was Ye's performance that was consistent with doping (she was faster than Lochte over the final 50m).
The fact that she didn't fail a drug test means that she wasn't careless.
"The one thing I will say is that history in our sport will tell you that every time we see something, and I will put quotation marks around this, 'unbelievable', history shows us that it turns out later on there was doping involved. That last 100m was reminiscent of some old East German swimmers, for people who have been around a while. It was reminiscent of the 400m individual medley by a young Irish woman in Atlanta."
--John Leonard
Lochte also died on his last 50. You have to consider speed of the whole race and not one split. The speed of her total race is comparable in time differential with other records.
Ledecky's 400 free record is actually only 8% slower then the mens record while Ye's 400 IM record is 10% slower so you could say Ledecky is more suspicious. I will keep giving everyone the benefit of the doubt and not worry if anyone is cheating.
