On August 7, Beijing time, according to the Hong Kong media "South China Morning Post", Phelps said in a recent interview in Paris that accusing Pan Zhanle is tantamount to questioning the 23 Olympic gold medals he has won and set a world record in his career. He thought it was wrong to accuse Poon and refused to do so.

Poon won the men's 100m freestyle at the Paris Olympics and set a new world record of 46.40 seconds. At the time, Phelps was one of those who questioned this achievement. He once said on a show that Poon's performance made him "unheard of" and "incomprehensible". Poon Chin Lok once again showed his extraordinary strength in the men's 4x100m medley relay final, swimming a time of 45.92 seconds in the final to help the team win the championship.

Phelps, who once questioned Pan's record, changed his tune in a later interview. He also linked Pan's achievements to his own career performance.

"It's like when I was 4:03 [Phelps set the 400m individual medley world record at the 2008 Olympics] and you say I cheated, it's the same thing," Phelps said. And we can't blame anyone until we know the facts. You can't do that to a person...... You can't blame people who have never tested positive. ”

While Phelps refused to blame Mr. Pan, he smeared Chinese swimming in interviews. In the interview, he strongly supported United Kingdom swimmer Pityy's remarks, calling the Chinese swimming team a "cheater" and saying that "it breaks my heart to have the gold medal taken away by the cheater".

Phelps' remarks caused many netizens to hit back. The Chinese swimming team has undergone the most drug tests at the Olympics, and none of them have been positive, which is enough to prove that this is a clean result. Some experts said that the groundless accusations and doubts of Phelps and some foreign athletes are precisely the embodiment of their double standards.