U.S. Coach Is Suspicious Of China's Swim Program

Wayne, your post was a clear light....in a dark subject.... I one zillion (that's a lot) % agree.... Tom

Matt, Have the Communist Chinese suddenly changed their leadership? NO Are they an open society? NO Have they changed their tactics of being horrible in off years and suddenly the winter before the summer Olympics they are world beaters? NO Did the East German cheats ever stop cheating? No, only after they were unified did they stop. Have the Communist Chinese stopped drug cheating? My reply is YES

Well, you are probably right Wayne. It wasn't as obvious in swimming as weightlifting. I think one Russian swimmer was caught. With East Germany it was very obvious.

They do pirate US products mainly like CD's and so forth. Arnold went to China to complain about this. And there are even cheaper labor markets than China, Pakistran or Vietnam but they have not invest in the same instructure as China as.

Originally posted by cinc310 They do pirate US products mainly like CD's and so forth. Arnold went to China to complain about this. And there are even cheaper labor markets than China, Pakistran or Vietnam but they have not invest in the same instructure as China as. I had thought the cheaper Chinese products you said before were those being sold in US. Obviously you didn't mean those. The problem you mentioned in this post does exist, mainly about the copyright thing.

There was a story today on Swim Info about the latest swimmer Zhou Jie, who tested positive for a banned substance. www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../10456.asp This was very sad news for the world swimming community because everyone was hoping that suspicions and accusations were subsiding with China being the host of the 2008 Olympic Games. About 2 months ago during the China games and the East Asian championships, there were no negative press releases about the fast times that were coming from these meets from young swimmers that were new to the world scene. Hopefully, we won't see any more of this.

Zhou is, I believe, only 15 years old. If I had it, Ibet a billion dollars that she had no idea what she was taking. I bet the coaches gave it to her.