Yesterday and today, Ross Tucker, Ph.D., The Science of Sport (Republic of South Africa), http://www.sportsscientists.com/, published two articles which included lengthy comments regarding the questions about Ye Shiwen's performance in the Women's 400 IM. In the article yesterday, he discusses, among other things, the physiology of being able to finish that race faster than Ryan Lochte over the last 50. In today's article, he expands on his thoughts from yesterday, and also quotes comments from John Leonard, Executive Director of the American Swim Coaches Association.
Tucker (and many others) have questioned Ye Shiwen's ability to swim a 58.68 last 100 free in the 400 IM, and state that it certainly raises suspicions. She shouldn't automatically be considered guilty, but her performance should certainly be examined. How can someone who was about 23 seconds slower than Ryan Lochte over the first 300 meters of the 400 IM then swim just .03 slower for just the last 100?
Here are the links to the two blog entries from Tucker. What are your thoughts?
July 30: http://www.sportsscientists.com/search?updated-max=2012-07-30T17:17:00%2B02:00&max-results=2
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