{"id":426784,"date":"2020-04-11T09:58:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=426784"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:50:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:50:57","slug":"russian-doping-a-refresher-of-right-vs-wrong-and-lilly-kings-act-of-verbal-bravery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russian-doping-a-refresher-of-right-vs-wrong-and-lilly-kings-act-of-verbal-bravery\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Doping: A Refresher of Right vs. Wrong and Lilly King&#8217;s Act of Verbal Bravery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russian Doping<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In what can only be described as an attempt to use the Coronavirus as a cover for past and vast indiscretions, Russian Sports Minister <strong>Oleg Matytsin<\/strong> has asked that Russia&#8217;s doping ban be lifted for the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo, set for next summer.\u00a0 Matytsin suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russia-sports-minister-wants-olympic-ban-dropped-so-sports-can-be-together-in-coronavirus-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lifting the ban would promote &#8220;togetherness&#8221;<\/a> during a time of global crisis. Never mind the fact that clean athletes have repeatedly been victimized by Russia&#8217;s continued doping.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-swimming-coaches-lambast-russia-for-using-coronavirus-as-a-plea-bargain-in-doping-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The World Swimming Coaches Association reflected the views of many with this statement today.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a reminder of Russia&#8217;s doping past, particularly as it relates to swimming, here is a look at some archived material from the 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/olympic.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympic Games<\/a> in Rio de Janeiro. Perhaps Matytsin would feel otherwise if his athletes were on the receiving end of doped performances that changed the landscape of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Our archives look at the rivalry between American <strong>Lilly King<\/strong> and Russian <strong>Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> in the 100-meter breaststroke, a head-to-head showdown that garnered headlines and brought the doping dilemma further into the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Archive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>John Lohn on the Rio 2016 Final:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Lilly King<\/strong> talked the talk. She then walked the walk.<\/p>\n<p>A day after speaking out against rival <strong>Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> and her inclusion in the <strong>Olympic Games<\/strong> despite a previous doping ban, the United States&#8217; King produced the finest performance of her career, fending off the Russian down the stretch to win the 100 breaststroke in an Olympic-record time of 1:04.93. Efimova followed in 1:05.50, just ahead of the 1:05.69 by the United States\u2019 <strong>Katie Meili<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A standout at Indiana University, King gradually moved up the American breaststroke ranks over the past few years, until she took control of the stroke at the <strong>United States Olympic Trials<\/strong>. She brought the confidence she gathered in Omaha to Rio de Janeiro and came away with the biggest achievement of her career.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_371950\" style=\"width: 429px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371950\" data-attachment-id=\"371950\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russian-doping-a-refresher-of-right-vs-wrong-and-lilly-kings-act-of-verbal-bravery\/yulia-efimova-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/yulia-efimova-_PB60326.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-M1X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;yulia-efimova-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1559348953&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;yulia-efimova-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"yulia-efimova-_PB60326\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;yulia-efimova- 2019, FINA Champs Indy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/yulia-efimova-_PB60326-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/yulia-efimova-_PB60326-1024x768.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-371950\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/yulia-efimova-_PB60326-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"yulia-efimova-\" width=\"419\" height=\"299\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-371950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yulia Efimova. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>King and Efimova became embroiled in controversy after the semifinals of their event as King responded to Efimova\u2019s showing the No. 1 with a finger-waving, \u201cno you won\u2019t.\u201d King explained her disdain for competitors who violate the anti-doping code and expressed her belief that Efimova should have been banned from the Games. The discussion carried over to the press conference following the final, with King reiterating her remarks and Efimova appealing for mercy. She got none.<\/p>\n<p>King put together a wire-to-wire victory, charging through her first lap in 30.22, with Meili in second at 30.43, reigning champion <strong>Ruta<\/strong> <strong>Meilutyte<\/strong> of Lithuania third in 30.65 and Efimova fourth at 30.70. As the swimmers made their way down the second lap, it appeared Efimova made a move on King, only to have the American respond and not yield her advantage.<\/p>\n<p>At the touch, King looked to the scoreboard and splashed the water in celebration. She specifically looked to Meili and greeted her teammate, never acknowledging Efimova. When the field was called to the blocks for introductions, the Russian was greeted by cascade of boos from the athletes\u2019 section of the stands. Efimova smirked at the response.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;There was a lot of pressure obviously,\u201d King said. \u201cEven just going into your first Olympic final, any Olympic final for that matter, the pressure is going to be on, but especially standing up for what I believe is right. I felt I needed to perform tonight better than I have done in the past so that&#8217;s kind of where I was at.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(It\u2019s) definitely special. It&#8217;s my first Olympic (final), first gold. I am just really proud to compete for the USA and be successful for them knowing I am competing clean and doing what I know is right.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meilutyte, who didn&#8217;t look comfortable during the first two rounds, faded over the last 50 meters and finished seventh in 1:07.32.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Craig Lord from Rio 2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">The poison in the pool spilt over yesterday as <strong>Michael Phelps<\/strong> appealed for someone to save his sport and a fellow American traded verbal blows with a Russian doper she had beaten to gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\"><strong>Lilly King<\/strong>, a 19-year-old from Indiana who had wagged her finger at <strong>Yuliya Efimova<\/strong> while watching the Russian on television in the 100m breaststroke semi-finals, leant over the lane rope, slapped the water in Efimova\u2019s lane before turning her back on her and swimming off to celebrate with a team-mate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">Efimova \u2014 the world champion who is playing one of the central villains in Rio de Janeiro after winning her appeal against a suspension for twice failing drugs tests, first for a steroid and then for meldonium in March \u2014 was<span class=\"paywall-EAB47CFD\"> booed all the way to her blocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">The drama was only just starting. \u201cIt just proves you can compete clean and still come out on top with all the hard work you put in behind the scenes, behind the meet, at practice and weight sessions,\u201d King said. \u201cThere is a way to become the best and do it the right way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_382594\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-382594\" data-attachment-id=\"382594\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russian-doping-a-refresher-of-right-vs-wrong-and-lilly-kings-act-of-verbal-bravery\/lilly-king-yuliya-efimova-100-breast-finals-2019-world-championships\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lilly-king-yuliya-efimova-100-breast-finals-2019-world-championships.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1196\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-7SM2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1563861185&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lilly-king-yuliya-efimova-100-breast-finals-2019-world-championships\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;lilly-king-yuliya-efimova-100-breast-finals-2019-world-championships&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lilly-king-yuliya-efimova-100-breast-finals-2019-world-championships-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lilly-king-yuliya-efimova-100-breast-finals-2019-world-championships-1024x680.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-382594\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/lilly-king-yuliya-efimova-100-breast-finals-2019-world-championships-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"lilly-king-yuliya-efimova-100-breast-finals-2019-world-championships\" width=\"469\" height=\"335\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-382594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yulia Efimova and Lilly King at the 2019 Worlds. Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">Efimova was served a series of sharp questions and answered in broken English through tears and a trembling voice. <strong>Hajo Seppelt<\/strong>, whose team at the ARD German television station broke the scandal of Russian state-sponsored doping, asked whether it was fair that she was able to compete and whistleblower <strong>Yuliya Stepanova<\/strong>, the middle-distance runner, was not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">She had no idea \u201cabout different athletes and their cases\u201d, but said: \u201cI have once made a mistake and was banned for 16 months. The second time it was not my mistake. I don\u2019t know if I need to explain to people or not . . .\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">She then addressed the American swimmers next to her, saying: \u201cLike if WADA say tomorrow, stop [taking] yogurt, or nicotine and you stop. But this [stays in] your body [for] six months and doping control is coming after [you] two months [later] and tested you and you\u2019re positive, is this your fault?\u201d With a glower and a shrug she turned to King, who ignored her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">How had Efimova felt when the Americans did not congratulate her? \u201cI can\u2019t understand it,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s really painful for me that a lot of athletes don\u2019t understand that and just read newspapers and watch the TV and accept that, but it is not true.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">While Efimova was short of supporters, the pool\u2019s other controversial figure was not. <strong>Sun Yang<\/strong>, the 200m freestyle gold medallist from China, whose drugs ban was hushed up in 2014 after he tested positive for what he said was heart medication, received a hug from <strong>Cornel Marculescu<\/strong>, the executive director of FINA, the world governing body. Asked about the hug, Sun said: \u201cMarculescu is a very good friend of [the] Chinese swim team and he actually watched me like a grandfather. I hope this friendship will last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">That prompted calls for Marculescu\u2019s resignation, led by World Swimming Coaches Association director John Leonard, who said: \u201cA hug for a convicted doper? Really? Disgraceful. Resign! Your time is up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_397011\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-397011\" data-attachment-id=\"397011\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/russian-doping-a-refresher-of-right-vs-wrong-and-lilly-kings-act-of-verbal-bravery\/lilly-king-111\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lilly-king-ISL-Indy-2019-1216.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-M1X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;lilly-king-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1570309914&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;lilly-king-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lilly-king-ISL Indy 2019 1216\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;6-11-21&lt;br \/&gt;\nlilly-king- 2019, Day 2, ISL Indy, King Lilly&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lilly King; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lilly-king-ISL-Indy-2019-1216-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lilly-king-ISL-Indy-2019-1216-1024x768.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-397011\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/lilly-king-ISL-Indy-2019-1216-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"lilly-king-\" width=\"412\" height=\"294\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-397011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lilly King speaking to the media at the first ISL match. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">King was not about to back down, and when questioned on whether her approach was simply anti-Russian or whether she also thought that <strong>Justin Gatlin<\/strong>, the American sprinter who has also failed two drugs tests should also be sent home, her response made headline news back home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">\u201cShould people who have been caught for doping issues be on the team? No they shouldn\u2019t,\u201d she said. \u201cThere shouldn\u2019t be any bouncing back and forth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">King\u2019s comments were mirrored by Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all-time, who said that the sport had reached breaking point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">\u201cYou\u2019re probably going to see a lot of people speaking up more,\u201d he said. \u201cI think something needs to be done. It\u2019s sad that today in sports in general, there are people who are testing positive who are allowed back in the sport \u2014 and multiple times. It breaks my heart and I wish somebody would do something about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">King was challenged on whether FINA was doing enough to protect the competitors. \u201cThat\u2019s a good question,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">Efimova was asked whether the anti-doping authorities in Russia had let her down. \u201cI\u2019m, like [the] last four years, training in the USA,\u201d said the Californian-based Russian. \u201cI have been in Russia just, like, maybe one month a year. I don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on in Russia. Usually in the Olympic Games, all wars stopping. Now they try to find a way how they can beat Russia through the athletes \u2014 this is unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">Five minutes before the medals ceremony for the 100m breaststroke the stands were full. By the time Efimova was called, the stands were empty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsiveweb__Paragraph-sc-1isfdlb-0 YieBL\">\u201cI really don\u2019t know how I even reached the final,\u201d she said. \u201cIt would have really been the end of a fairytale, a horrible dream, if I\u2019d won gold. But that was all I could do right now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Doping In what can only be described as an attempt to use the Coronavirus as a cover for past and vast indiscretions, Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin has 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