The "first person" to swim. Off the field, she continued to fight on the "battlefield without gunpowder smoke" and responded domineeringly to the topic of doping that foreign media repeatedly entangled with: "Phelps and Ledecky in the United States are so powerful, why don't you question it?!"
The post-race press conference of the women's 200-meter butterfly became Zhang Yufei's personal event as the other two winners participated in the relay race. At the press conference, foreign media asked whether frequent inspections and external doubts about Chinese swimmers' involvement in food contamination incidents had affected China's swimming performance.
"I think we should cooperate with the increasing number of doping tests for our Chinese athletes, because after this incident, the number of tests for both Chinese and foreign athletes has increased accordingly. Cooperating with the tests is the responsibility of each of our athletes or Things that all elite athletes should do. "
" But when it comes to this topic, everyone may be a little irritated when they are woken up at 5 o'clock in the morning to undergo a doping test.
In fact, the World Swimming Federation and the World Anti-Doping Agency have made multiple clarifications on the food contamination incidents involving Chinese swimmers, but some Western media are still struggling. I don’t think it will have any serious impact on us, because we are all innocent. The whole ins and outs, FINA and all aspects have been sorted out and clarified very clearly. As for some people who still don’t believe it, we have no way to make unnecessary arguments, because those who are clear will self-clean. "
A reporter from Australian TV Channel 7 claimed to have asked Zhang Yufei questions for the ninth time. He wanted Zhang Yufei to answer how he was involved in the doping scandal. He also asked Pan Zhanle the day before when he won the men's 100-meter freestyle with a world record." 飞鱼" war said it was unacceptable.
Zhang Yufei calmly replied: "It is inappropriate to expose our names. I believe that the FINA is a fair existence and will not allow any country to make special moves or cover up. Why did the World Swimming Federation not announce this matter, but was announced by other countries? The World Swimming Federation has investigated the issue clearly, and it is also to protect our 23 athletes from being interfered by other outside voices, so that we can prepare for the Olympics normally. "
" Now that the news has been announced, especially some foreign websites using my avatar, it has really caused trouble to me. This is not my problem, but I have to bear the consequences. I don’t think I have anything to explain about the incident itself, but as an athlete who is still struggling in the swimming pool, I am worried that my partners will question me and be unwilling to compete with me, and the audience will not be willing to watch me compete. Will wear some colored glasses to question my training ability. "
Zhang Yufei also introduced Pan Zhanle's situation. "Before Pan Zhanle swam 46.40 seconds yesterday, he had swam 47 seconds many times, and within the same year. We can see his steady upward trend. He did not start from scratch. 47 seconds 5 suddenly jumped to 46 seconds 4. Only his coach and himself can know that Pan Zhanle can swim so fast. Doping testing can give clear results as to whether he is taking drugs. "
"Why are Chinese athletes questioned when they swim fast? When the American athlete Phelps won 8 gold medals, why did no one dare to question him? Ledecky has dominated women's middle and long distance freestyle for so many years from 2012 to 2024, winning gold medals in every competition. Why doesn't anyone question her? Zhang Yufei asked rhetorically.
Later, when attending a press conference as a member of the women's 4x200m freestyle relay bronze medal team, Yang Junxuan also said when faced with similar questions: "The World Swimming Federation, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the China Anti-Doping Center have all given very clear instructions. If you have any questions, you can check it out. "
" The results achieved by China Swimming today are based on scientific training. We will use our strength to prove that our results are absolutely innocent and there is absolutely no problem. Chinese athletes also have the highest number of doping tests in the world. We have been cooperating vigorously and believe that there will be fair and just results," Yang Junxuan said.
editor/Wang Fan
