Phelps urges athletes to speak out against doping<br /> <br /> <br /> France’s Lacourt also hits out<br /> <br /><br /> US swimmer Michael Phelps has backed his compatriot Lilly King’s attitude towards her fellow Olympic competitor, Russian Yulia Efimova, who has twice tested positive for banned substances.<br /><br /> Phelps is full of admiration for his 19-year-old team mate.<br /><br /> “We have some tough young kids in our team and I think that is something special,” he told reporters in Rio.<br /><br /> “It is kind of sad that today, in sports in general, not just in swimming, there are people who are testing positive and are allowed back in the sport, and multiple times.”<br /> <br /> Michael Phelps receives cupping therapy, a Chinese suction-based massage, to relax his muscles #Rio2016 #AmazingRio pic.twitter.com/5COTPo9ogQ— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) August 9, 2016<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> French reaction<br /> <br /><br /> France’s Camille Lacourt, a three-times backstroke world champion, added his voice to the debate after taking fifth place in the 100m backstroke final.<br /><br /> He urged FINA, the international federation, to act tough on dopers.<br /> <br /> French swimmer Lacourt says China's Sun ‘p**ses purple’ amid doping row: French swimmer Camille Lacou… https://t.co/CyrJOMrF0a #SteveC— French Life (@SeeYouInFrance) August 9, 2016<br /> <br /> <br /><br /> “I am very sad to see how my sport is evolving. It’s like I am seeing athletics with two or three dopers in every final,” he was quoted as saying by French media.<br /><br /> “I hope FINA will react quickly and stop this massacre because it is becoming sad. They have nothing to do in sport, I am disgusted to see athletes who have cheated on the podium.”<br /><br /> Lacourt’s comments came after Sun Yang won the 200 metres freestyle on Monday.<br /><br /> The Chinese swimmer tested positive in 2014.<br /> <br /> #Fingerwag<br /> <br /><br /> King, who beat the twice-banned Russian in the 100 metres breaststroke final on Monday, did not hide her displeasure at Efimova. <br /> <br /> US swimmer Lilly King backed up her fighting talk by beating Russian Yulia Efimova for gold https://t.co/FJ1pfsbnvp pic.twitter.com/dWkUkK83mZ— CNN (@CNN) August 9, 2016<br /> <br /> <br /><br /> She wagged her finger at the Russian before calling her a drug cheat.<br /><br /> The pair exchanged angry glances before King told reporters she was not happy with the Russian being allowed to compete.<br /> <br /> Yulia Efimova and Lilly King next to each other on the podium. <br /><br />Just a litttttle awkward. pic.twitter.com/KT8OX0xIdJ— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) August 9, 2016<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Efimova appeal<br /> <br /><br /> Efimova was only allowed to compete at the Games after winning an appeal against a ban for previous doping.<br /><br /> She has been booed every time she has appeared poolside in Rio.<br />
