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© Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Chinese swimming star defends failure to take doping test
By GRAHAM DUNBAR MONTREUX, Switzerland©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Peter14
He who has nothing to hide does not impede officials doing their duty.
He who is a drug cheat and knows he is about to be caught again, breaks rules and blood vials about to be sent for testing.
Numan
If refuses then he should not be allowed to compete in those events. Simple!
theFu
How many FINA athletes have the same issue?
That is very telling of this one person.
Mocheake
If he had nothing to hide, why did his mother instruct the bodyguard to smash the ? Oh, the "protocol" wasn't followed. He could have come out looking like gold (pun intended) if he had willingly given the samples and then filed a protest about the protocol and his samples come back clean. He didn't and even if nothing happens here, his medals are forever tarnished and he will always be considered by many to be a cheat.
savethegaijin
Then he can't compete, simple as that. He's already been proved to be a drug cheat before, do you need any more proof?
lostrune2
A refusal to provide a sample is equivalent to a positive test
IF the blood is clean, there's no reason to smash the samples since it'd come out negative regardless if he protests against the inspectors
nandakandamanda
Indefensible. Only choice is bluff and bluster.
mike1492
No surprise. East Germany in 1972 started the doping for athletes. Communists government do not understand free and fair anything.
nandakandamanda
The vial was smashed by his mother.