Whistleblower says Chinese athletes involved in mass doping
Like
Russia, there was a systematic doping program in China during the 1980s
and 1990s across a range of sports, a Chinese whistleblower, now
seeking political asylum in Germany, he said. Are you ready to blow the whistle? In
a television interview with the German broadcaster ARD, Chinese
physician Xue Yinxian, 79, said more than 10,000 athletes in different
sports participated in a state-backed doping program. The
interview with Xue comes from the same German research team that first
made widespread doping
allegations in Russia that eventually led the Russian athletic team to be expelled from the 2016 Olympic Games. Xue says that all medals won by Chinese athletes in the main international tournaments in the last two decades of the 20th century are contaminated by doping and must be returned. "In the 1980s and 1990s, Chinese athletes in domestic teams made extensive use of doping substances," says Xue. "All international medals (won by Chinese athletes at that time) should be withdrawn." Xue had worked as a doctor with several Chinese national teams since the 1970s, but fled China with her son after first talking about doping in 2012 and says she no longer felt safe in her hometown of Beijing. "There must have been more than 10,000 people involved," says Xue. (in China) believed only in doping, it was considered that anyone who took doping substances was defending the (honor) of the country. "Anyone against doping has damaged the country and anyone who endangers the country is now in prison." Xue says the doping tests at that time had only one purpose: to ensure that Chinese athletes would travel to competitions without being caught. She says that the so-called "Grandma's At Home" badge applied to athletes who no longer had traces of doping substances on her body. Xue says that doping was mandatory for athletes on the teams with which he worked. "If you refused to get high, you had to leave the team," he said. "At first, the youth group teams used the substances: the youngest were 11." I could not do anything about it. "Xue says he first realized the problem when a coach approached her concerned for physical changes in male athletes aged 13 to 14 due to substances handed in by Chinese officials.He says she was fired from working with the Chinese national team for refusing to treat a gymnast with a substance banned in the Games She said she was warned to keep silence on doping in China before the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. She claims that there have been attempts by the Chinese government to intimidated her and that police cars were often parked outside her home.He says she was visited in her apartment in Beijing by government officials.'They warned me that he should not talk about doping substances, "he said. "I was asked to step back." I said I could not do that. They wanted to silence me. "After my husband's death, they constantly came to me when there was a sporting event." It was forbidden to talk about it (doping), sometimes they called our house at 5 am. "My two children lost their jobs." ARD reporters tried to contact the Chinese Olympic Committee and the Chinese Sports Ministry to get a response to the claims, but never received a response, according to the station.
allegations in Russia that eventually led the Russian athletic team to be expelled from the 2016 Olympic Games. Xue says that all medals won by Chinese athletes in the main international tournaments in the last two decades of the 20th century are contaminated by doping and must be returned. "In the 1980s and 1990s, Chinese athletes in domestic teams made extensive use of doping substances," says Xue. "All international medals (won by Chinese athletes at that time) should be withdrawn." Xue had worked as a doctor with several Chinese national teams since the 1970s, but fled China with her son after first talking about doping in 2012 and says she no longer felt safe in her hometown of Beijing. "There must have been more than 10,000 people involved," says Xue. (in China) believed only in doping, it was considered that anyone who took doping substances was defending the (honor) of the country. "Anyone against doping has damaged the country and anyone who endangers the country is now in prison." Xue says the doping tests at that time had only one purpose: to ensure that Chinese athletes would travel to competitions without being caught. She says that the so-called "Grandma's At Home" badge applied to athletes who no longer had traces of doping substances on her body. Xue says that doping was mandatory for athletes on the teams with which he worked. "If you refused to get high, you had to leave the team," he said. "At first, the youth group teams used the substances: the youngest were 11." I could not do anything about it. "Xue says he first realized the problem when a coach approached her concerned for physical changes in male athletes aged 13 to 14 due to substances handed in by Chinese officials.He says she was fired from working with the Chinese national team for refusing to treat a gymnast with a substance banned in the Games She said she was warned to keep silence on doping in China before the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics. She claims that there have been attempts by the Chinese government to intimidated her and that police cars were often parked outside her home.He says she was visited in her apartment in Beijing by government officials.'They warned me that he should not talk about doping substances, "he said. "I was asked to step back." I said I could not do that. They wanted to silence me. "After my husband's death, they constantly came to me when there was a sporting event." It was forbidden to talk about it (doping), sometimes they called our house at 5 am. "My two children lost their jobs." ARD reporters tried to contact the Chinese Olympic Committee and the Chinese Sports Ministry to get a response to the claims, but never received a response, according to the station.
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