Chinese swimming sensation Ye Shiwen is “clean” and passed her doping tests, the head of the British Olympic Association says.

At a news conference in London on Tuesday, Lord Colin Moynihan said the 16-year-old world record-setter “deserves recognition for her talent.”

Ye “has been through the (World Anti-Doping Agency) program and she's clean. That’s the end of the story. ”

The International Olympic Committee also admonished her skeptics to move on.

Ye captured the gold in the 400-metre individual medley on Saturday, five seconds faster than her previous best time and a second faster than the world record.

Afterwards, U.S. coach John Leonard called her blistering speed “disturbing” and “unbelievable.”

Leonard said Ye’s race reminded him of the East German women swimmers in the 1980s, the products of a doping regime.

Toronto Star staff