Translation problems in the doping case of Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang have delayed the expected verdict to January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday.
CAS said an “agreed-upon written transcript” from the hearing, including Sun’s testimony, which is being translated from Chinese into English, is being prepared to help the judging panel who heard the appeal in open court last month.
“In view of these circumstances, the [verdict] is not expected to be issued before mid-January,” the court said.
Sun is facing a ban from next year’s Tokyo Olympics if the three-judge panel decides he broke anti-doping rules by refusing to cooperate with officials who visited his home in China in September 2018. He disputed their credentials to take his blood and urine samples.
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