According to the Associated Press on the 7th (local time), Zhang Yufei met with reporters in the mixed zone (joint coverage area) after the women's 400m relay qualifying round at La Defense Arena in Paris, France.
Specifically, Zhang Yufei said, "I don't think there is a single athlete, whether Chinese or foreign, who will test positive for doping. They won't want to destroy everything they've worked on over the past few years."
"I'm very worried that my close friends from other countries will look at me with colored glasses at the Olympics, and they might want to compete with me or watch my games," he said.
"I am concerned that the French people will think that China does not deserve to be on this stage," he said. "It's just my personal opinion, not on behalf of everyone, but I feel very unfair."
In particular, Zhang Yufei said he and his team members have been tested three to four days a week for the past few months ahead of the Paris Olympics, adding, "I hope everyone will look at the objective facts with their hard eyes."
Meanwhile, Zhang Yufei competed with Yang Junxuan, Chen Yu-je and Wu Qingcheng in the 400-meter freestyle final at the Paris Olympics, setting an Asian record of 3 minutes and 30 seconds to finish third.
Zhang Yufei's complaint of unfairness follows allegations that China concealed the use of banned drugs by its swimmers during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021.
Earlier in April, the New York Times (NYT) reported that Chinese athletes who won gold medals in the women's 800m relay at the Tokyo Olympics were found to have violated doping regulations.
According to the New York Times, 23 members of China's swimming team participated in the Tokyo Olympics tested positive for trimetazidine, a banned substance, in a drug test conducted seven months before the Olympics. This was almost half of the athletes' team.
The drug is an anti-doping drug designated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as a treatment for angina that facilitates the supply of oxygen to the body.
At that time, they won the women's 800-meter relay in a world record time of 7:40.33 and won a total of five medals including this. Notably, Zhang Yufei won four medals including two gold medals.
"In January 2021, spice containers in the hotel kitchen where some of the Chinese athletes stayed for the Olympics were contaminated, which caused the athletes to test positive," the Chinese side claimed.
In particular, the alleged doping of Chinese swimmers came before the Olympics, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) allowed them to participate even though they knew about it, sparking controversy.
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