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In reply to the discussion: UK Olympic Chair announces 16 year old female swimmer "clean". No doping. History made [View all]mathematic
(1,551 posts)Trying to make this about male pride is ridiculous. Men are faster than women. Everybody knows it. It's a fact as sure as it's a fact that men are taller than women and that women have higher hip to waist ratios than men. Heck, I'm some nobody that's never been competitive on any level and yet at my fastest there were no more than a couple hundred american women faster than me, maybe even fewer. To suggest that people are suspicious of Ye's time because of gender pride is sexist. People are suspicious of Ye's time because it's an unbelievable performance in the post-swimsuit ban era. I mean she swam the freestyle in the 400m IM only 10% slower than its done in the regular 100m freestyle! The usual time is about 20% slower, for men and women.
Also, her 16 year old teammate was busted for EPO last month and the chinese have a long history of doping in swimming. Yet somehow the first thing you suggest behind the suspicion is male pride. What the heck.
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