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Did you know... that 16-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen won two gold medals and broke two records at the 2012 Olympics?

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British Olympic Association chairman backs Ye[edit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19062639 "Teenage Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen is not a drug cheat, the British Olympic Association's chairman has said, after a US coach cast doubt on her world record-breaking swim."

US Olympics team distanced itself from Leonard[edit]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19062639 "The US Olympic Committee (USOC) has distanced itself from Mr Leonard's comments... 'We are reaching out to the Chinese and their Olympic committee to ensure they know that this gentleman [Mr Leonard] is not part of our delegation, USA Swimming or the US Olympic Committee,' the USOC member said. 'His comments are an independent view and not from us.'"

shoe horning an offensive incorrect assault on a 15 year old girl into the article[edit]

how is this...

Seconds later, BBC Sports presenter Clare Balding was asking: "How many questions will there be over somebody who can swim so much faster than she has ever swum before?"[6][9][3] Later, John Leonard, executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, said: "History in our sport will tell you that every time we see something, and I will put quotation marks around this, unbelievable, history shows us that it turns out later on there was doping involved."[6][9] Leonard also suggested genetic maniplation may have been done to Ye.[1] Leonard's speculation soon became headline news and attracted criticism. The head of the International Olympic Committee’s anti-doping program Arne Ljungqvist stated directly that he did not have "any reason other than to applaud what has happened" and lacking any definite information to the contrary had no cause for doubts or suspicions.[10][11] The British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan stated in a news conference that Ye had passed drug tests and "deserved recognition for her talent".[12][13] Adrian Moorhouse described the speculation as "insulting",[14] and Duncan Goodhew warned against "destructive" speculation in a breakfast television interview.[15] The US Olympic Committee distanced itself from Leonard's comments, publicly stating that Leonard was not affiliated with USA Swimming or the US Olympic Committee.[12]

...relevant?

1 they were wrong 2 they dont represent the media, or even the western media. for example there can be a page of valid reports that only chronicle and congratulate her on her success. lets link the 3000 chinese reports that correctly dont speculate on drugs use. 3 the counter reactions of her father and of the chinese team doctor who accused phelps have been left out. something i will be quick to remedy on phelps section.

this is an attempt to shoe horn in a controversy that then allows an indirect offense on the character of a 15 year old girl. once again too much weight is being given to sections of the western media who have no case and whos gossip shouldnt be on a wikipedia page at all. after all they are hardly fair and unbiased as they lost.

its bullshit.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.133.57 (talk • contribs) 16:49, 2012 August 9

Photograph[edit]

I am not sure of the guidelines for uploading images onto Wikimedia so I propose uploading this image to Wikimedia commons so that it can be used on Wiki articles — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheOriginalSoni (talk • contribs) 14:25, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Commons images need to be free for everyone to reuse, which usually means either public domain or a very free creative commons license. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Choosing_a_license I'm pretty sure this image from Wired is not free for everyone to reuse. --GRuban (talk) 18:00, 27 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]