Chinese Swimmers, Possibly Cheating? No!
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| SPORTSbyBROOKS found this 8/9/2008 on www.sportingnews.com [flag] |
Michael Phelps wasn't the only hellcat dolphin in the pool today in Beijing: a Chinese women's relay team, whose members average a rank of #39 in the world, was the top qualifier in the 4x100m freestyle, setting records and whatnot.
China has not been very good in swimming competitions lately, and the team shaved an apparently absurd amount of time of its best recent performance. Chinese ...
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Blog Jam: Did Chinese Swimmers Cheat To Compete?
Published 8/9/2008 by ryan at SPORTSbyBROOKS
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