1994 | Suspected Chinese Doping | 1994 Rome World Swimming Championships

Report on the suspected doping of the female Chinese swim team at the 1994 World Swimming Championships in Rome | The Chinese women won 12 out of the 18 events | Includes comments by Australia comentators Bruce McAvaney and Neil Brooke plus an interview with then head coach of the British swim team David Halar | This footage has been taken from a Channel 7 Australia broadcast | If this is a breach of copyright please advise and it will be removed

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[75freeman]

It is wrong for people to make accusations without proof, do i think they where clean not really but in a country of well over 1 billion is it a shock they produce some of the best athletes in the world, no. As for it only being women different countries have different priorities. Olympic Weightlifting is a huge in eastern Europe but not as much in the UK. If we could eradicate drugs from sport that would be great but use of illegal drugs goes on in most countries.

[officialZreck]

they taking growth hormones it doesnt look the work of steroids there too wide!

[Diocletian09]

These days drug cheating is so rife and prominent in every sport its a wonder they don't just legalize it.

[idontsignin]

But drugs are still rife in sport and always will be, I find it hard to believe that an athlete can get to the top of their chosen sport and win medals without taking performance enhancing drugs

[j2ching]

look at some of the pics of the chinese swimmers... close one eye and they look like men from all the steroids and shut they take

[C3ltics24]

Just because Australia has consistently outperformed your country, France, easily, at the olympics does not mean Australia uses systematic doping.

[justinecher80]

Funny seeing how 10 years later both countries Australia and Great Britain followed China's example by doping much worse their olympic teams, and I'm not talking strictly about swim teams .....!