British swimmer Adam Peaty accuses China of ‘cheating’ at Olympics, sparking fans’ anger
- GB swimmer also urged the World Anti-Doping Agency to ‘wake up and do your job’
Great Britain’s three-time Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty said he wants “cheating” Chinese swimmers knocked out of the sport and urged the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) to “wake up and do your job”.
China raced to gold in the men’s 4x100 metres medley relay with a time of three minutes, 27.46 seconds, edging out the United States by 0.55 seconds and bronze medallists France by 0.92.
Peaty, whose British team finished in fourth with 3:29.60, suggested there was more to the race than met the eye.
“In sport, one of my favourite quotes I’ve seen lately is, ‘There’s no point in winning if you don’t win it fair,’” Peaty said. “I think you know that truth in your heart.
“Even if you touch and you know you’re cheating, you’re not winning, right?
“So, for me, if you’ve been on that and you have been contaminated twice, I think as an honourable person it means you should be out of the sport. We know sport is not that simple.”