Gold medalist Ye Shiwen of China poses after the awarding ceremony of women’s 200m individual medley swimming event at London 2012 Olympic Games in London, Britain, on July 31, 2012. Ye Shiwen won the gold medal of the event with a time of 2:07.57 and set a new Olympic Games record. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua) Click for more photos
LONDON -- "It's unfair to make irresponsible allegations on me just because I made myself champion with world's best time," China's 16-year-old Olympic champion Ye Shiwen hit back on Tuesday after winning her second gold at London Games.
"Definitely I have never taken any banned substances," Ye, for the first time, answered doubts on her.
Ye stunned the world again with her second gold and new Olympic record in 200m individual medley, obviously never affected by doping suspicions cast on her excellence.
So far, the teenager collected two gold medals in her Olympic debut, setting a world record and an Olympic record in her double individual medley.
In Tuesday's 200m medley, Ye repeated her devastating final 50m burst, upsetting Australian Alicia Coutts in an overturn to touch wall first.
Her time of 2:07.57 renewed the fresh Olympic record she set in the semifinal just one day before.
Three days before, on the opening day's 400m individual medley final, the teenager astonished the world when she put on a super fast final 50m lap to shake one second off the world record set by Australia's triple Olympic champion Stephanie Rice from Beijing Olympics.
The 28.93 seconds, her time in the final 50m, was even faster than the one U.S. Olympic champion Ryan Lochte recorded in his final 50m in men's 400m freestyle final, which saw Lochte atop the Olympic podium.
Ye's shining show, labelled as "incredible" by many superstars including Lochte, triggered doubts and suspicions from foreign media and coaches over whether Chinese swimmers turned to banned substances.
"There were many other Olympic champions in the pool who took more gold medals than me. Then why don't they be questioned?" she said.
"Definitely I have never taken any banned substances," said the teenager.
"Everybody has genius."
Ye was referring to 15-time Olympic champion U.S. prodigy Michael Phelps, teenager Missy Franklin who had one gold and bronze each in London, and French emerging star Yannick Agnel, who bagged two gold and one silver at the ongoing swimming competitions.
"I was not obsessed or annoyed (by the allegations). God is fair to all. You may lose something while you gain something," said Ye in calm.
"These questions and doubts could never disrupt me and I will certainly move on following my own pace," she said.
Ye gave special thanks to her coach, teammates and parents who sheltered her from interference outside.
Her teammate Sun Yang, the first male Chinese Olympic swimming champion, also rebutted doping allegations on Ye.
"It's nonsense," said Sun.
"She was amazing to achieve this at such a young age. I feel so proud of her," said Sun, who captured one gold, one silver and one bronze in 400m and 200m freestyle and 4X200 freestyle relay.
"Why can the United States get so many gold medals with nobody question anything?" Sun raised the same question as Ye did.
"Chinese swimmers can win gold medals too," said a confident Sun, who is tipped as top seed in winning another gold in 1,500m freestyle which falls on the last day of swimming competition on Aug. 4.
A top anti-doping official confirmed the Chinese athletes, including the swimmers, have underwent nearly 100 drug tests since arriving in London and there was not a single positive case.
Ye attributed her success to a lot of sweat.
"We had hard training, very scientific-based training," she said.
Grown up in a working-class family in the eastern city of Hangzhou, Ye started her swimming career when her primary school teacher spotted the seven-year-old had unusual large hands and long legs.
She was selected into the Chinese national team when she was 12.
In her Asian debut at the Guangzhou Asian Games, Ye had a full display of her talents when she triumphed in the 200m and 400m individual medley events.
Last year at the Shanghai World Championships, Ye pocketed the gold medal in the 200m individual medley.
