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 France's Gregory Bauge (left) had to make do with the silver medal as Britain's Jason Kenny swept to victory in the men's sprint final |
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The vast majority of French sports fans believe the success of Britain's cyclists at the Olympics has been 'tainted by cheating,' a poll has revealed. They suggest that anything from drugs to illegal technology may have been used by Team GB as it won nine medals in the Velodrome, including seven golds. By contrast, the French have won three silver medals, finishing second to the British in two events. A rolling internet poll for leading sports magazine L'Equipe currently asks: 'Do you think the performance of British cyclists at the London Games has been tainted by cheating?' By late afternoon today, a resounding 70 percent of readers had answered 'Yes' with just 24 per cent replying 'No' and the rest undecided. It follows the French saying Team GB’s riders, including Sir Chris Hoy and Laura Trott, were hiding their ‘magic wheels’ after races. France team director Isabelle Gautheron said: ‘We are asking a lot of questions: how have they gained so many tenths of seconds?’ ‘Have they found a new training process based on certain energy pathways? I am not talking about any illicit product, because anti-doping tests are so strong. ‘We are looking a lot at the kit they use. They hide their wheels a lot. The ones for the bikes they race on are put in wheel covers at the finish.’ There have also been barely disguised insinuations about the British using a ‘special preparation’ towards their success, although the French have stopped short of directly accusing their rivals of using drugs. L’Equipe defended their controversial poll, saying that many readers had noted ‘a certain chauvinism and lack of fair play’ among the British during London 2012. It suggested that media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and his BskyB ‘galaxy’ had been able to throw thousands of pounds into British cycling, giving it an unfair advantage against a country which traditionally sees itself as the home of cycling. (Read by Nelly Min. Nelly Min is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
一項民意調查顯示，絕大多數法國體育愛好者認為英國自行車手奧運比賽獲得成功涉嫌作弊。 他們認為英國隊可能采用興奮劑或非法技術等方法獲得了9塊室內自行車競賽獎牌，其中包括7塊金牌。 相比之下，法國隊則只獲得了3枚銀牌，有兩場比賽都屈居英國之后，排在第二。 主流體育雜志《隊報》日前發起的一份滾動網上民意調查發問：“你認為英國自行車隊在倫敦奧運會比賽中的表現是否涉嫌作弊？” 截至昨日傍晚，多達70%的讀者回答“是”，只有24%回答“否”，其余人表示不確定。 此前，法國隊，包括克里斯?霍伊爵士和勞拉?特羅特都說英國隊車手在比賽結束后將他們的“魔法車輪”藏了起來。 法國隊隊長伊莎貝爾?高斯隆說：“我們有很多疑問：他們怎么能提速那么多？” “他們是基于某種能量轉換途徑，發現了新的訓練方法嗎？我指的不是非法藥物，因為反興奮劑測試非常嚴格。 “我們反復觀察他們使用的裝備。他們蓋住了車輪的大部分。騎到終點時，他們的自行車裝備都放進了車輪蓋內?！?/p> 盡管法國人現在已不再直接指責對手服用興奮劑，但他們還是近乎赤裸裸地影射英國為贏得勝利做了一些“特殊準備”。 《隊報》為其頗有爭議的民意調查辯解稱，很多讀者都指出2012年倫敦奧運會中英國存在“相當程度的沙文主義而且缺乏公平競爭”。 該調查顯示，傳媒大亨魯伯特?默多克和他的英國天空廣播公司“銀河”已為英國自行車比賽投入數千英鎊，這使得英國在與自詡為自行車運動故鄉的法國競爭時占據了不公平的優勢。 相關閱讀 （中國日報網英語點津 陳丹妮 編輯：Julie） |
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Vocabulary: GB: Great Britain insinuation: 影射；含蓄的批評 |
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