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After he won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympic pool on Friday night, the Chinese swimmer Wang Shun could no longer avoid the questions. He had declined to speak with journalists after his preliminary swims, but a medal meant a news conference. And a news conference meant there would be questions about Chinese doping.
“I think all of these test results have proven my innocence,” Wang said through a translator after the men’s 200-meter individual medley.