纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Team USA Was Cheated Chinese Doping Case Exposes Rift in Swimming
April 22, 2024 2 min 389 words
《纽约时报》这篇报道的主要内容是：在美国队游泳选手指责中国选手服用兴奋剂后，中美两国在游泳项目上的裂痕越来越大。报道提到，美国游泳选手指责中国选手孙杨违反兴奋剂检测规定，但孙杨否认了这一指控，称检测人员不专业，破坏了检测样本。报道还提到，中美两国在游泳项目上的矛盾日益加深，美国游泳选手指责中国选手不公平竞争，而中国游泳协会则指责美国游泳协会煽动舆论，试图影响裁判决策。 评论：这篇报道存在一定偏见，其倾向性在于将孙杨的兴奋剂检测争议事件定义为“中国兴奋剂事件”，并强调中美游泳队的矛盾冲突，渲染不公平竞争的紧张气氛。然而，该事件存在多方争议，目前尚无定论。报道有失公允之处在于，其仅强调了美国游泳队的指控，而对孙杨的辩驳及中国游泳协会的回应一带而过，未给予充分重视。客观而言，兴奋剂检测程序的合法性和取证规范性是此事件关键，报道有必要对此进行客观详尽的呈现，而不应过度聚焦于两国游泳队的矛盾冲突，以免误导读者。
The revelation that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug seven months before the Tokyo Olympics but were secretly cleared and allowed to continue competing has exposed a bitter and at times deeply personal rift inside the sport, and brought new criticism of the global authority that oversees drug-testing.
A New York Times investigation uncovered previously unreported details of the 2021 episode, in which a contingent of Chinese swimmers, including nearly half of the team that China sent to the Tokyo Games, tested positive for a banned prescription heart medicine that can help athletes increase stamina and reduce recovery times.
Within hours, the disclosure of an incident that had been a secret for more than three years had drawn strong reactions from athletes, coaches and others in the fight to keep drugs out of elite sports.
An American Olympian who took home a silver medal from Tokyo said she felt her team had been “cheated” in a race won by China. A British gold medalist called for a lifetime ban for the swimmers involved. The sports minister in Germany, where a documentary on the case was broadcast Sunday, demanded an investigation. And a simmering feud between officials at the World Anti-Doping Agency, the global regulator known as WADA, and their U.S. counterparts burst into the open in a flurry of caustic statements and legal threats.
“Any time there’s a situation where positive tests aren’t clearly identified and gone through a proper process and protocol, it allows for doubt to creep into athletes’ minds who are competing clean,” said Greg Meehan, the Stanford University coach who led the U.S. women’s team at the Tokyo Games. “When they’re going into competitions, you can’t help but think, ‘Am I competing in a clean event?’”
The fallout comes less than 100 days before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. That has created uncomfortable headlines both for the sport but also for the Games themselves, which depend on global antidoping regulators to ensure fair play and the integrity of the medals awarded — which can validate years of training, define athletes’ careers and confer pride on a nation.