Ye Shiwen

Ye Shiwen wins swimming gold for China 2012

The monstering of Ye Shiwen: Guardian article, 2012 Olympics

There’s something about the principle of fair play that’s taking a knock during these Olympics. What happened to the presumption of innocence until found guilty? An unpleasant wave of hostility has picked on one group of athletes while others in the Western camps are rightly praised for their stunning performances. Teenage swimmers Ruta Meilutyte (Lithuania) […]

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British sportsmanship bites the dust: Ye Shiwen swimming gold-medal smear

Sour grapes or what? Where’s that famous British sporting sense of fair play? Having failed to make the doping charge stick, the liberal media are now insinuating that there must be genetic engineering behind Ye Shiwen’s stunning 400-metre gold-medal win on Saturday in the individual medley. If so, the Chinese can’t be very good at

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Danny Boyle backlash: what the Right know is being said at London Olympics 2012

In all the excitement of Danny Boyle’s stunning London Olympics opening ceremony, I hadn’t realised there might be a second phase of pleasure to be had for us armchair enthusiasts. Shrilling out from the widespread sigh of relief that Britain did not suck in front of a billion global viewers is a crescendo of protest

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