Adam Peaty has questioned China’s victory in the men’s 4x100m medley relay after swimming at the 2024 Olympics.
China won an exciting race ahead of the United States and France, with Peaty’s British team missing out on the podium after finishing fourth.
But Peaty, a three-time Olympian who competed alongside Oliver Morgan, Duncan Scott and Matt Richards, said afterwards: “My favorite quote I’ve seen recently is, if you don’t win fair, then Winning means nothing.
Before the Paris Olympics, the New York Times and German broadcaster ARD reported that 7 months before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ) but were still allowed to participate. Contest.
Relay gold medalists Qin and Sun Jiajun were reportedly among the swimmers, who were both allowed to compete because they had unknowingly ingested the drug through contaminated food.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said it could not refute China’s anti-doping agency’s explanation that the positive test result was due to athletes eating contaminated meat at a training camp hotel.
An independent report in July found that WADA showed no bias against China in its handling of the case.
Peaty did not get on the podium in the relay
“My favorite quote I’ve seen lately is, there’s no point in winning if you don’t win fairly,” Pitty told reporters after Sunday’s relay. “I think you know that truth deep down.”
Peaty appeared to reference an allegation in The New York Times that Chin tested positive for another performance-enhancing drug in 2017, blaming it at the time on food contamination. You know you’re cheating, and to me, if you’ve experienced “contamination” twice, I think as a respectable human being, you should quit the sport.
“I don’t want to paint an entire country or a group of people with one brush, I think that’s very unfair. But there have been two cases like this and it’s very disappointing.”
“But I think for those who need to do their job, wake up and do their job. I think we have to have confidence in the system. And we don’t. I think it has to be more rigorous.”
Qin, who has previously accused opponents of being “threatened”, said on Chinese social media platform Weibo: “There are some tricks designed to disrupt our preparation rhythm and destroy our psychological defenses. But we are not afraid,” the BBC reported. “
After winning bronze in the women’s 200m butterfly on Thursday, China’s Zhang Yufei responded to the team’s doping accusations, saying: “If anyone still doesn’t believe it, then we don’t want to argue anymore because I believe we are innocent.
“Why do Chinese athletes need to be suspicious if they swim very fast?”
Petey doubts future
Meanwhile, Peaty described having endured the “worst week” of his life physically after testing positive for coronavirus on Monday, having won silver in the men’s 100m breaststroke the night before.
On whether this would be his last Olympics, the six-time Olympic medalist said: “Tomorrow is never promised and if my heart wants it, my heart wants it, I will sign myself up for it. contract to do this.
“That’s probably a long way off, but I think I have to leave the sport because it hurt so much.
“I’m going to take some time to process everything, but I really don’t know what the answer is. I’m taking my time, and if my family needs me, they need me. I didn’t know you couldn’t lie to your family.” The heart, but if it wants it, it wants it.
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