There was absolutely nothing found [in the tests], and I am not sure whether the measure (of testing Chinese swimmers twice or three times more than others) was right or not. Multiple tests in the early hours of the day and at night were not easy on the athletes, especially because the constant testing disrupted their rest, training, and other plans,
I fulfilled a promise I made a year ago and celebrated my birthday with a relay gold medal,
Notably, despite the unfriendly environment created by some Western media that sought to discredit the Chinese swimming team, the athletes defied the doubts and overcame the challenges from frequent anti-doping tests, which also proves their excellence,
But this time, the media deliberately made the names of Chinese swimmers public and put them in the spotlight, so as to harm their reputation and bring disruption to their matches,
It really does impact our entire preparation rhythm,
I've lost count of how many tests I've done. I often get called for tests at 6 am,
Although the Chinese swimming team won fewer gold medals in Paris compared to the 3 golds at Tokyo Games, the two gold medals they did win (in the men's 100m freestyle and men's 4x100m medley relay) came from events traditionally dominated by athletes from Europe, the US, and Australia. This breakthrough is highly significant and has a profound impact on the global swimming scene,
I honestly haven't paid too much attention to it, because a lot of that is out of my control. I don't work for WADA, there's nothing I can do,
This medal has the same flavour than the others, except that it's shared ... It's the cherry on the cake and I will remember it because we had a super team,
That was a monster split for Pan ... So that's a pretty cool birthday present,
Today China was just a little bit better. I think all of us going in, we're putting a lot of pressure on ourselves to be great out there ... So hats off to China, they did a great race tonight,
It doesn't get any better than this, this is the peak of my career for sure,
The world's getting faster, and I think it's a really good thing,
The whole Olympic Games journey for me is great. I am very satisfied,
This is magic for me,
I felt pretty good at the 300m. It wasn't necessary trying to keep building my lead on them, but maintaining where I was,
I lost the first set, then fell behind in the second and third set. If I didn't deal with some key points well, the result might be different,
Three out of four Olympic Games, I lost in the semifinals. I won a bronze at Beijing 2008, which was my first Olympic Games,
I have to suck it up and wait another four years.”
Our athlete committees and our leadership have been saying that it’s questions about the system, and is [the World Anti Doping Agency] doing everything they can,