Originally Posted by RubyGoodnight

I think the issue is more the fact that she swam faster in her final 50m than the winning man did in his first 50m. She also took something like 7 seconds off her personal best in this race. I think that's where the US coach was coming with his 'impossible' comment.

Sure, their may be a bit of a hub bub since she's Chinese, but it may be more the fact that the Chinese have been done for widespread doping previously. I think if a Western female swimmer did that, there would still be quite a bit of chatter about it.