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According to a British media poll, 98% of netizens support an apology to Ye Shiwen

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A British media poll shows that 98% of netizens support an apology to Ye Shiwen After Ye Shiwen won the women's 400-meter medley gold medal, American swimming coach Leonard publicly questioned Ye Shiwen...

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After Ye Shiwen won the women's 400-meter medley gold medal, American swimming coach Leonard publicly expressed doubts about Ye Shiwen, suspecting that Ye Shiwen had taken banned drugs to perform well. However, Ye Shiwen finally passed the post-match drug test. At this time, Chinese supporters were angry, including Ye Shiwen's father, who strongly criticized the West's arrogance. Today, the British "Guardian" conducted an investigation on this matter, "Should Leonard apologize to Ye Shiwen?" So far, 98% of the netizens who participated in the vote voted for "need to apologize". Regarding Ye Shiwen, everyone has expressed their own opinions. M

>A person named "Albalha" expressed his support for Ye Shiwen. His opinion is: "Australian player Thorpe once explained that he was able to improve his best score to 5 when he was 15-16 years old. Seconds, so it is normal for Ye Shiwen to break the 400-meter record, so I want to say that Leonard’s apology is very necessary. "A "legaff" netizen said that Ye Shiwen was suspected because the Chinese swimming community was not strong at the time, but it is different now. He said: "China has attached great importance to swimming in the past 10 years, and Sun Yang is an example. Ye Shiwen is also the result of China's emphasis on swimming, incredible training and scientific and systematic selection. Ye Shiwen's performance should deserve applause rather than questioning. If she were not Chinese, I am not sure Leonard would still make such remarks in public." Mitbbs.com However, there are also a group of netizens who raised questions as always. Some said: "Since the Chinese swimming team is involved and is involved in a doping incident again, the suspicion of Ye Shiwen is not unfounded. Although she has been found "not guilty" for a time, it does not mean that she is innocent. She may have tried a more sophisticated drug, but current technology cannot detect it."

When this question came out, most netizens felt that the statement was extremely discriminatory. Someone replied: "It is because of remarks like yours that Chinese people are dissatisfied. Ye Shiwen passed the drug test, but some people suggested that she used a drug that has not yet been understood. Regardless of whether this is the case, until there is no clear evidence, please respect every player. As time goes by, there is clear evidence that she did use drugs. After such a poll, I believe that even the Chinese will vote for her to publicly apologize. Since this has not happened, please do not publicly raise such questions. Please don’t forget that every athlete has gone through countless efforts to enter the Olympics. Please respect everyone’s efforts and struggles that you can’t see.”

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