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Chinese female swimmer drops 5 seconds of pb

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Resin
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I am sure many of you have heard of this. A female chinese swimmer dropped 5 seconds of her personal best time and smashed the world record. She swam the 400m IM in 4minute 28 seconds and beat Locte's time in the last 50 of the IM that same night. Lochte won gold for the US earlier that night.

I think that this is questionable as hell. She is 16 and me being a swimmer 5 seconds is a big drop in your personal best time. 1-2 seconds would be reasonable, but 5? What do you guys think of this?
Jul 31 2012 1:24AM
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TheClap.
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EPO
Jul 31 2012 1:25AM
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array.
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she just needs to shave off 8 seconds and she'll be goooood.
Jul 31 2012 1:26AM
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PJS.
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Jul 31 2012 1:27AM
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TheClap.
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i see it i see it
Jul 31 2012 1:28AM
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array.
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oh HIGH there sam
Jul 31 2012 1:30AM
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Bodhisattva_
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Inb4 it's a he
Jul 31 2012 1:31AM
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PJS.
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log off 420 cult
Jul 31 2012 1:34AM
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TheClap.
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like the chick that won the 800m 9running) in china
Jul 31 2012 1:35AM
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wasatch_rat
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questionable, but not unreasonable. the adrenaline of the olympics is what drives people to break world records each and every olympics
Jul 31 2012 1:38AM
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TheButterHashira
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A US coach called the results "disturbing". Until they have evidence that she was doping people shouldn't be hateful.
Jul 31 2012 1:41AM
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LIL-WAT
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i think she is hiding a willy
Jul 31 2012 4:04AM
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Jane6
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Jul 31 2012 4:17AM
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*TURBONERD*
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Inb4 she has a dick the size of Ron Jeremy's
Jul 31 2012 7:20AM
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B.Aussie
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That makes senes. The 23 second time difference hasn't been mentioned in the press here at all.
Jul 31 2012 9:34AM
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Sneaky_Aziz
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Some sorta magic Chinese leg bionics.
Jul 31 2012 9:38AM
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Anathema
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olympic swimming is now aerials
Jul 31 2012 10:44AM
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bangarangmules
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A little suspicious sure, but Locte is known for having a shitty last 50 so I don't think that is that big of a deal.
Jul 31 2012 10:47AM
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bleevus
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roids.
Jul 31 2012 10:54AM
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JORMUNGAND
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the chinese are training to swim across the pacific so they be real sneaky when they attack america
Jul 31 2012 11:41AM
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Nate_Higgers
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I hope she wasn't doping but reality is nobody shaves 5 seconds off a best time especially at this level. As well olympic records get beaten ny tenths of seconds at most not by over a second. It's worth taking a second look into and its unfair to call the Americans sore losers for being interested in it seeing as if she is found guilty of doping, America will et the gold

Jul 31 2012 11:49AM
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Resin
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Well explain how you drop 5 seconds off your personal best at this level of swimming? It still is something to question. Its un heard of to all of a sudden drop that much time.
Jul 31 2012 12:47PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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It'd be one thing if it were a different country than China, but the Chinese have lied about gymnasts' ages in past olympics so it's reasonable to question this drop in time.

Also people keep saying doping but they haven't even though of the obvious... Mini propeller in her cooter. It's obvious.
Jul 31 2012 1:01PM
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jeR.
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yeah, i mean her time was still overall significantly slower than lochte's (media seemed pretty deceptive about this), but like you said china has been sketch about their athletics in the past so it's not wrong to question
Jul 31 2012 1:58PM
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Juicy-J
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Jul 31 2012 2:19PM
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Resin
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Women are so much slower then men though. Not meant to be sexist but its the truth. She beat 2nd place who was favored for gold by 3 seconds. I'm not pointing fingers at anything just yet but this seems a little fishy. If she isn't on any substances that enhance her performance then good for her.
Jul 31 2012 2:29PM
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.Hugo.
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lol
Jul 31 2012 2:31PM
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K-Dot.
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haha penis pill companies hate her! grow your dick 3 inches in 3 days!
Jul 31 2012 2:37PM
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eheath
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I mean, you don't have to be huge and strong OR male to be a fast swimmer. She's obviously strong but look at her, shes tiny. Chinese people are just insane, why do you think they win so many fucking medals? They have the craziest work ethic. She's just fast as fuck, nothing fishy.
Jul 31 2012 2:41PM
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PJS.
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Now besides North Korea, what other swimmers are racing under the probable threat of execution should they fail?
Jul 31 2012 2:44PM
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ColinB
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really not sure why i laughed so hard when i read that...
Jul 31 2012 2:44PM
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alexat955
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you don't just drop 5 seconds off a personal best. even in high school that is unheard of. i don't want to accuse of anything but something doesnt seem right in this situation
Jul 31 2012 2:46PM
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Bar_Down
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Maybe all the other times she was taking it easy, so her personal best was not her actual personal best.
Jul 31 2012 2:56PM
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jensen
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What is "disturbing" is the fact the no one has ever been so far outside the range of previous times without doping. Again, no one has ever crushed a record SO much without doping. It is statistics people. I'll let the ensuing drug tests determine what really happened.
Jul 31 2012 3:00PM
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shibby
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these olympics are fucking cray. it seems like all the athletes are under like 17 and womens gymnastics oohhh that makes you feel dirty i cant even watch (no pedo)
Jul 31 2012 3:00PM
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c4t_l0ver
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lost it.
Jul 31 2012 3:03PM
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TheClap.
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they also get looked down apon if they lose,

they hurdler that had the WR/gold before the cuban was banned from china for losing/getting hurt
Aug 1 2012 2:32PM
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YoungChristmas
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Wasn't there another 16 y.o. swimmer that got pulled off the team because she didn't pass a drug test?
Aug 1 2012 2:43PM
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Bear_Grylls
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Michael Phelps dropped 5 seconds from age 14 to 15. Swimmers improve a ton im their teens. This is all Bob Costas words
Aug 1 2012 2:49PM
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Seth.S
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Don't they drug test after every race anyways?
Aug 1 2012 3:09PM
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alexat955
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well yeah when youre still growing its common to drop that much over the course of a year. but not at 1 meet, especially when you have been swimming other meets like trials right before. when i was 16 i dropped 2 seconds in my main race and that is due to me getting in better shape.

basically what im trying to say is that when you're already in peak shape, you don't just drop another 5 seconds for no reason. you should be racing close to your personal best every time.
Aug 1 2012 3:53PM
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Bear_Grylls
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Ah I was not aware she had dropped that this event. Bob Costas leading me astray.
Aug 1 2012 3:57PM
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katie.
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I lost.
Aug 1 2012 4:11PM
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ryantheconnolly
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well it is the olympics, thats a pretty big deal and she was probably way more pumped up. also it's easier to drop a lot of time in a longer event like that

i just think it sucks that the first thing she hears after winning are all these accusations. then again, china would totally be the country to drug their swimmers
Aug 1 2012 4:11PM
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agger417
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nobody ever questions other swimmers who are from other countires.
Aug 1 2012 4:21PM
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*monsterskier*
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i thought they said she took a drug test (after or before, i'm not sure) and she was clean

she just could have had invisible flippers on her feet.....
Aug 1 2012 4:40PM
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abathinggrape
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maybe she set a low personal best on purpose just to beat it by a mile
Aug 1 2012 4:42PM
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TheClap.
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yeah totally half-ass all her prior races


you got it kid
Aug 1 2012 4:44PM
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Aiden-P
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inb4 the crane/mattress/pool joke.
Aug 1 2012 5:05PM
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