Pickles n' Tickles by JJ

SO the first doping accusation in the London Olympics has kicked off with the sensational Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen. It makes me wonder if a non-Chinese (or just a non-Asian for that matter) swimmer had created the same magic in the pool that Saturday evening, would she be subjected to such heavy criticism. Really. But I can't blame those who doubted/ doubt Ye if you had seen her create that record.  Ye Shiwen won with a time of 4:28.43 Ye not only won gold in the women's 400m individual medley but she also smashed the world record by a second, her own personal best by five seconds, and swam the final 50m faster than both the American stars Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte had managed in the men's 400m individual medley.   Now, that must be mind-boggling too - to have beaten two of world's best male swimmers in that final lap.  No wonder World Swimming Coaches Association executive director John Leonard labelled Ye's feat as 'unbelievable', you ...