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The men's light flyweight boxing gold medal match between Kaeo Pongprayoon of Thailand and Zou Shiming of China was marred by controversy. Zou, the Chinese fighter, won on a controversial decision. Pongprayoon was hit with a two-point penalty for an unclear offence with 9 seconds left in the bout to give the Chinese boxer the victory.
The 2022 Winter Olympics took place between the 4 and 20 February 2022 and were hosted by in China in the capital city of Beijing. The country selected was the subject of various concerns and controversies about their cost, environmental impact, censorship, espionage, COVID-19, sportswashing, and human rights issues.
Eleven of the 23 swimmers involved in the controversy were named to the 2024 Chinese Olympic swimming team. [150] World Aquatics said that Chinese swimmers had been tested an average of 21 times, compared to four times for Australian swimmers and six times for American swimmers, since 1 January 2024. [151]
China's Qin Haiyang prepares before competing in a men's 100-meter breaststroke semifinal at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Haiyang was one of the 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a ...
With two days left in the Olympic swimming competition, China has won eight medals — half of them linked to the doping scandal. They trail only the United States (21) and Australia (13) in the ...
PARIS — Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting won the gold medal in 57kg women’s boxing finals, the second fighter in as many days to win an Olympic title after being embroiled in a controversy over ...
A number of concerns and controversies surfaced before, during, and after the 2008 Summer Olympics, and which received major media coverage.Leading up to the Olympics, there were concerns about human rights in China, [1] [2] [3] such that many high-profile individuals, such as politicians and celebrities, announced intentions to boycott the games to protest China's role in the Darfur conflict ...
A potentially explosive doping scandal rocked Olympic swimming Saturday after revelations that 23 Chinese swimmers, including gold medalists and world record-setters, tested positive for a banned ...