I am not surprised four members of the Chinese team tested positive. We all had our suspicions that they were on drugs. I felt that there was foul play involved and I am not a suspicious person. They knew they were coming to a major competition and knew they were going to get tested. Maybe they did not think they would get tested or searched on arrival, that they would have a week or two to get the drugs out of their system.
China is a big country with a lot of athletes and a lot of swimmers.
For them to have four or five swimmers banned is no big deal. They have a few thousand in the wings waiting to take their place. That's why the action taken by FINA so far is not a deterrent. I applaud the banning of Yuan Yuan for four years and her coach, Zhou Zhewen, for 15 years over the HGH seizure. But itis naive to think that just one coach and one swimmer were involved.