Even fellow athletes slammed the result.
The 19-year-oldChinese athletereportedly demolished Australian swimmer Kyle Chalmers, whom he finished a whole second ahead of.
Look Im angry for a number of reasons.
Ive studied this sport.
Im an expert in it, thats what I do okay.
Im upset right now because you dont win 100 freestyle by a body length on that field.
You just dont do it.
It is not humanly possible to beat that field by a body length.
I dont care what you say.
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Thats not real, you dont beat that field.
Thats not humanly possible okay so dont sell it to me, dont shove it down my throat.
I trust that … [Pan] deserves that gold medal.
There are people now alive and who are swimming who can do it.
Its just a matter of putting it together and doing it at the right moment.
And I think its very possible, even faster.
This is the only motivation for us.
I mean, we cant be mad, we can only congratulate him.
This is what sports is.
Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.
Thats all I have to say.
Nevertheless, Pan later called out the silver medalist and Team USAs Jack Alexy forunsportsmanlike behavior.
I felt he looked down on us a little.
The 26-year-old Olympian continued: And then my focus went to my teammates and my own racing.
We had a laugh together at warm down last night but no issues from my end.
Nevertheless, WADA chose not to appeal Chinas decision not to impose bans on the swimmers.
Another anti-doping agency, the International Testing Agency (ITA), also reviewed the case.
But the swimming organization, known as World Aquatics, did not do so.
Chinas anti-doping authority, known as Chinada, did not address the newly disclosed case.
The agency said it had reviewed the full case file with considerable skepticism and all due diligence.
In the end, there was no evidence to challenge the contamination scenario presented by the athletes and Chinada.
However, China didnt publicly disclose its findings of food contamination, as required under WADA rules.
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