While watching the 2012 Olympics has done wonders for my motivation to work out harder and more frequently, I was stunned the other night at the commentary after some of the women's aquatic finals. After winning gold in the 400 individual medley, Ye of China was suspected of using performance enhancing drugs for no other reason than becuase she swam faster than a man!
Seriously?! She shaves no more than one second off of the Olympic record for women, but because "It is the first time in Olympic history a woman has swam faster in any lap than a male gold medallist" she's questioned about doping! I think this is clearly TUI! It shows the prejudice we hold against female athletes not being capable of performing as well as their male counterparts, and if they out-perform men, well, then there must be an illegal reason behind it. I think this also shows, once again, the danger of immediate journalism, journalists who put out their stories or thoughts before they really examine them.
