Why Was Brother Yi Staying Silent?
Shen Yanchao's case continued to escalate.
People were following the matter online and in the media.
After all, it involved China's first gold medal in the men's 100-meter sprint, so it was drawing even more attention than usual.
Soon, the results of Shen Yanchao's second post-race urine test came back. There was nothing wrong.
But the event organizers still didn't let him off the hook.
They issued another statement, saying they would conduct multiple tests on the B samples from Shen Yanchao's pre-race urine tests.
If even one of them showed a problem, Shen Yanchao's result would be disqualified.
In the end, one of the tests on a urine sample collected two days before the race came back positive.
The event organizers then announced that Shen Yanchao's result was disqualified.
Naturally, he would not be awarded the first gold medal in the adult men's 100 meters for China.
Shen Yanchao and his coach appealed to the federation several times in a single day. The response they ultimately received was: "The decision is final. If you disagree, you may appeal to the International Athletics Arbitration Court."
Shen Yanchao and his coach decided to appeal to the International Athletics Arbitration Court immediately.
That was because the urine samples from the previous tests had shown no problems.
In other words, it was possible that someone had tampered with the samples in the meantime.
Many celebrities in China spoke out about the case.
More than sixty of them posted on Weibo in support of Shen Yanchao.
Many organizations also voiced their support.
Even if some of the little-known celebrities were only trying to capitalize on the buzz, anyone who expressed support for Shen Yanchao earned the goodwill of online users.
By contrast, the Weibo pages of those who