中国运动员叶诗文被疑使用兴奋剂

A teenage Chinese swimmer was on Monday at the centre of the Olympic Games’ first controversy over allegations of doping.

周一，一位中国游泳小将成为伦敦奥运会首例兴奋剂争议的焦点。

The extraordinary world-record performance by Ye Shiwen, 16, in Saturday’s women’s 400m individual medley final has raised eyebrows, with a leading swimming coach describing it as “disturbing.

16岁的叶诗文在上周六的女子400米个人混合泳决赛中打破世界纪录，这一非凡表现令人吃惊，一位重要的游泳教练将此描述为“令人不安。

Ye took more than a second off the world record and five seconds off her personal best, and completed the final 50m in a time faster than US swimmer Ryan Lochte in winning the men’s equivalent race.

叶诗文的成绩超过世界纪录1秒多，比自己最好成绩短5秒，最后50米的速度比获得男子400米个人混合泳金牌的美国游泳选手瑞恩·罗切特(Ryan Lochte)还要快。

The International Olympic Committee, however, played down suggestions of doping. Arne Lundqvist, chairman of the IOC’s medical commission, said there was no reason to doubt that her swim was genuine, but said he could not be sure that China had been thorough about testing its athletes.

然而，国际奥委会(IOC)对有关叶诗文可能服用兴奋剂的说法不以为然。国际奥委会医务委员会主席阿恩·伦德奎斯特(Arne Lundqvist)表示，没有理由怀疑她的成绩不是真的，但他同时称，并不确定中国对其运动员的检测是否全面。

“Should I have my suspicions, I keep them for myself… and take any action, if so, in order to find out whether something is wrong or not, he said after repeated questioning about Ye at a press conference.

在一次记者招待会上，伦德奎斯特在记者屡次提出对叶诗文的质疑之后表示：“如果我有疑问，我不会说出来……但会采取行动，如果我这样做，那是为了确定是否出了什么问题。

“You ask me specifically about this particular swimming. I say no, I have not personally any reason other than to applaud what has happened, until I have further facts, if so.

“你问我对这场游泳比赛是否感觉可疑，我的回答是没有。就我个人而言，除了想鼓掌叫好外，我没有任何理由怀疑，除非接下来我又有新的发现。

John Leonard, head of the World Swimming Coaches Association, earlier told the Guardian newspaper that Ye’s performance was “disturbing.

世界游泳教练员协会(World Swimming Coaches Association)主席约翰·伦纳德(John Leonard)早些时候向《卫报》(Guardian)表示，叶诗文的表现“令人不安。

Stephanie Rice of Australia, the previous world record holder in the 400m individual medley and defending Olympic champion, described Ye’s swim as “insanely fast. Rice finished sixth in the race.

澳大利亚选手斯蒂芬妮·赖斯(Stephanie Rice)是此前400米个人混合泳的世界纪录保持者、上届奥运会冠军。赖斯将叶诗文的游泳称为“疯狂的快。赖斯在此次比赛中位居第六。

Ye herself was quoted by the China News Service as saying: “My results come from hard work and training and I would never use any banned drugs.

中国资讯社(China News Service)援引叶诗文自己的话称：“我的成绩来源于勤奋和训练，不会使用任何禁药。

Lundqvist was asked if Chinese swimmers had been pre-tested prior to the games as much as other competitors, and replied: “I simply don’t know who has been pre-tested and not been pre-tested.

在被问及中国游泳选手在赛前是否接受了和其他选手一样多的预检时，伦德奎斯特回答道：“我不知道谁接受了预检，谁没有接受预检。

But he did say that a sudden improvement in an athlete’s performance would create a risk for sport and may be a reason to target certain groups of athletes. “Of course should a sudden rise in performance occur in a particular person, we could regard that possibly as a reason to do it, he said.

但他表示，一位运动员成绩突然提高将为体育运动带来风险，并可能成为人们将目标对准特定运动员群体的一个原因。他称：“当然，如果某位运动员成绩突然提高，我们可能把它作为关注的一个原因。

Jonathan Harris, head of anti-doping for the London organising committee, said: “Enhancements in performance is something we focus on so we target those athletes.

伦敦奥组委主管反兴奋剂事务的乔纳森·哈里斯(Jonathan Harris)表示：“成绩提高是我们关注的重点，因此我们将目标对准这些运动员。

China has a chequered history in swimming. After winning 12 of 16 women’s titles at the 1994 world championships in Rome, seven swimmers failed drugs tests a month later. There were similar failed tests at the 1998 world championships in Perth, and China then maintained a much lower profile in swimming, only resurfacing as a leading nation at the Beijing games in 2010.

中国在游泳项目上有过一段兴衰起伏的历史。在1994年罗马世界游泳锦标赛中，中国选手在16项女子项目中赢得12枚金牌，但有7名选手未能通过一个月以后的药检。在1998年澳大利亚珀斯世界游泳锦标赛中，同样有中国选手未通过药检。随后中国在游泳项目中保持低调，直到2010年在北京奥运会上再次成为游泳强国。