It's a generalisation to say everyone expects them to go faster/stronger so they need to dope - remember those Chinese female swimmers in the 1990s who horrified everyone with their gigantic shoulders? The records were being smashed but there was a huge crackdown on doping after that and we were all warned not to expect any world records to fall because it was going to be more of a level playing field. I don't think it's harmed the sport of swimming at all (not here anyway). Even those super suits they were wearing were banned which affected everyone's times, but it hasn't hurt the sport either.
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