Category: Doping
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Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang Banned Again, Ban Reduced but Will Miss Tokyo Olympics
Chinese swimmer star Sun Yang was banned for more than four years on Tuesday for breaking anti-doping rules, after a retrial at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The court’s verdict ends Sun’s hopes of defending his Olympic title in the 200 meters freestyle in Tokyo next month. The ban is backdated to February 2020,…
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Swimmer Shayna Jack’s Case Against Long-Running Drugs Ban Looms After Much Expense
Shayna Jack’s drawn-out anti-doping case has finally been given a hearing date, with the appeal against her reduced two-year ban scheduled for June 28 and 29. Jack’s appeal will take place through a videolink, with the Australian swim star defending herself over two days in front of a panel of three Âarbitrators. It is expected Jack’s defense…
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Swim Star Sun Yang’s 3-Day Retrial at Sports Court Next Week
The retrial in three-time Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang’s doping case will be held over three days next week, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday. The court set May 25-27 for the hearing to be held in private by video link. Sun’s first hearing in November 2019 took one day, was opened to the media,…
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How many Olympic Gold Medalists doped and got away with it? | The Social Kick
Dick Pound gives us an estimated on the percentage of current Olympics Gold Medalists who were not caught.
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Acting Judge Assesses Issues Facing Suspended Australian Swimmer Shayna Jack
Sky News host Alan Jones has spoken to Acting Judge of the District Court of NSW, Paul Conlon, about issues facing suspended Australian swimmer Shayna Jack, as she continues to push to clear her name.
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‘It will always haunt me’: Swimmer Shayna Jack’s fight against doping accusations | Australian Story
Shayna Jack has worn the label of “drug cheat” since she tested positive for a banned substance in 2019. The 22-year-old swimmer maintains she did not knowingly take the drug and is fighting to clear her name and get back in the pool. Jack had her sights on the Olympic Games, but a positive tested…
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Shayna Jack Turns to GoFundMe for Support After ‘Exhausting Life Savings’ in $130,000 Doping Fight
Banned Olympic swimmer Shayna Jack has turned to GoFundMe to keep fighting a doping ban that has already ‘depleted life savings’ of $130,000. The 22-year-old last week revealed she was struggling mentally and financially, even weighing up whether to concede her fight and retire. Jack has now decided to keep at it, asking Australians – as…
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Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang’s Doping Ban Is Lifted After Accusation of Racism
Sun Yang, a three-time Olympic champion and one of China’s most celebrated athletes, had his eight-year ban from swimming suddenly overturned Wednesday by Switzerland’s federal court, which upheld a challenge questioning the neutrality of one of the panelists who had issued the penalty. The Swiss federal court’s decision came after lawyers for Sun presented evidence…
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Russia’s doping ban halved but name and flag barred from next two Olympics
Athletes and anti-doping groups have reacted with outrage after a four-year ban on Russia for state-sponsored doping offences was halved – and its athletes were told they could compete at next year’s Olympics and the 2022 World Cup wearing red shirts with the word Russia on them. The British Olympic gold medal cyclist Callum Skinner…