Recently, the Paris Olympics is in full swing. In this Olympics, the Chinese swimming team has performed brilliantly, especially the young player Pan Zhanle, who has emerged as the focus of world swimming attention.
However, the outspoken Pan Zhanle was questioned by some European and American athletes. Among them, the legendary American swimming figure Phelps declared at the hearing that doping tests on the Chinese swimming team before the 2024 Paris Olympics were not enough. He wanted a fair competitive environment and the United States no longer believed in WADA .
In fact, after arriving in Paris to prepare for the competition, the Chinese swimming team has suffered unfair treatment. All Chinese athletes have been repeatedly subjected to doping tests. Even in the two months before arriving in Paris, each athlete was tested about 20 to 30 times, an average of 2 to 3 doping tests per week.
At the hearing, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Phelps' main target was the young Chinese athlete Pan Zhanle, because Pan Zhanle not only won the gold medal in the 100-meter freestyle, but also broke the world record.
Phelps' explanation for this result was that he did not believe any athlete could win the championship with an advantage of more than 1 second. At least it was unheard of in his career. After all, Phelps' previous best result in this event was 47.51 seconds, and Pan Zhanle was more than a full second faster than him.
It is not difficult to feel the doubt in Phelps' tone when he said this. The appearance of Pan Zhanle directly shook Phelps's position as the king of swimming that he has dominated for many years. It is indeed not surprising that Phelps' defense was broken and his emotions were out of control.
It is understood that Phelps needs to take long-term medication to maintain his health due to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He himself has mentioned that he has had asthma since he was a child, so he also needs to take medication to control it. He is known as the "medicine jar" and won 8 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, becoming the world's number one swimmer.
Among European and American swimming teams, there are many athletes like Phelps who take long-term medication in the name of asthma. In the routine doping tests before the competition, WADA's approach is obviously biased. The average Chinese swimmer undergoes more than 40 tests, while the average American and Australian swimmers only undergo 6 and 4 tests respectively. It should be noted that frequent doping tests have greatly affected the athletes' rest time and disrupted their training plans.
Naturally, Phelps' remarks angered many Chinese netizens. Many netizens said that it was an open secret that he relied on drugs to win gold medals, and they had no face to question others. Some netizens also proposed that WADA should investigate Phelps' drug use and strengthen relevant testing of European and American swimmers.
