Two golds, two records, no drugs

 LONDON, July 31 (Xinhua) -- "It's unfair to make irresponsible allegations on me just because I made myself champion with world's best time," China's 16-year-old Olympic champion Ye Shiwen hit back on Tuesday after winning her second gold at London Games.

"Definitely I have never taken any banned substances," Ye, for the first time, answered doubts on her.

Ye stunned¹ the world again with her second gold and new Olympic record in 200m individual medley², obviously never affected³ by doping suspicions cast on her excellence⁴.

So far, the teenager collected two gold medals in her Olympic debut⁵, setting a world record and an Olympic record in her double individual medley.

In Tuesday's 200m medley, Ye repeated her devastating⁶ final 50m burst, upsetting Australian Alicia Coutts in an overturn to touch wall first.

Her time of 2:07.57 renewed the fresh Olympic record she set in the semifinal just one day before.

Three days before, on the opening day's 400m individual medley final, the teenager astonished the world when she put on a super fast final 50m lap to shake one second off the world record set by Australia's triple Olympic champion Stephanie Rice from Beijing Olympics.

The 28.93 seconds, her time in the final 50m, was even faster than the one U.S. Olympic champion Ryan Lochte recorded in his final 50m in men's 400m freestyle final, which saw Lochte atop the Olympic podium.

Ye's shining show, labelled as "incredible" by many superstars including Lochte, triggered doubts and suspicions from foreign media and coaches over whether Chinese swimmers turned to banned substances.

"There were many other Olympic champions in the pool who took more gold medals than me. Then why don't they be questioned?" she said.

"Definitely I have never taken any banned substances," said the teenager.

"Everybody has genius."

Ye was referring to 15-time Olympic champion U.S. prodigy⁷ Michael Phelps, teenager Missy Franklin who had one gold and bronze each in London, and French emerging star Yannick Agnel, who bagged two gold and one silver at the ongoing⁸ swimming competitions.

"I was not obsessed⁹ or annoyed (by the allegations). God is fair to all. You may lose something while you gain something," said Ye in calm.

"These questions and doubts could never disrupt me and I will certainly move on following my own pace," she said.

Ye gave special thanks to her coach, teammates and parents who sheltered her from interference outside.

Her teammate Sun Yang, the first male Chinese Olympic swimming champion, also rebutted¹⁰ doping allegations on Ye.

"It's nonsense," said Sun.

"She was amazing to achieve this at such a young age. I feel so proud of her," said Sun, who captured one gold, one silver and one bronze in 400m and 200m freestyle and 4X200 freestyle relay.

"Why can the United States get so many gold medals with nobody question anything?" Sun raised the same question as Ye did.

"Chinese swimmers can win gold medals too," said a confident Sun, who is tipped as top seed in winning another gold in 1,500m freestyle which falls on the last day of swimming competition on Aug. 4.

A top anti-doping official confirmed the Chinese athletes, including the swimmers, have underwent nearly 100 drug tests since arriving in London and there was not a single positive case.

Ye attributed her success to a lot of sweat.

"We had hard training, very scientific-based training," she said.

Grown up in a working-class family in the eastern city of Hangzhou, Ye started her swimming career when her primary school teacher spotted¹¹ the seven-year-old had unusual large hands and long legs.

She was selected into the Chinese national team when she was 12.

In her Asian debut at the Guangzhou Asian Games, Ye had a full display of her talents when she triumphed in the 200m and 400m individual medley events.

Last year at the Shanghai World Championships, Ye pocketed the gold medal in the 200m individual medley.

1 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

2 medley   

n.混合

参考例句：

• Today's sports meeting doesn't seem to include medley relay swimming.现在的运动会好象还没有混合接力泳这个比赛项目。
• China won the Men's 200 metres Individual Medley.中国赢得了男子200米个人混合泳比赛。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

5 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

6 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

7 prodigy   

n.惊人的事物，奇迹，神童，天才，预兆

参考例句：

• She was a child prodigy on the violin.她是神童小提琴手。
• He was always a Negro prodigy who played barbarously and wonderfully.他始终是一个黑人的奇才，这种奇才弹奏起来粗野而惊人。

8 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

9 obsessed   

adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的

参考例句：

• He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
• The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

10 rebutted   

v.反驳，驳回( rebut的过去式和过去分词 )；击退

参考例句：

• Has Mr. Chiang or any member of his party ever rebutted this? 蒋先生及其党人曾经对这话提出过任何驳斥吗？ 来自互联网
• He rebutted the argument of the other team in a debate. 他在辩论会中反驳对方的论点。 来自互联网

11 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。