Category: Doping
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Sun Yang backlash: Chinese fans turn on their hero and apologise to ‘hated’ Aussie Mack Horton
The tide appears to have turned on triple Olympic champion Sun Yang as social media users have begun to apologise to his great rival, Mack Horton, after the widespread publication of the Court of Arbitration for Sport report. Horton, who has been feuding with Sun since 2014 over the China star’s drugs ban, has long been the…
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Banning of Chinese swimmer ‘represents a humiliation the communist country deserves’ | Sky News Australia
Sky News host Chris Smith has said he is “extremely happy†to see the Court of Arbitration for Sport effectively end the career of Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, in a move which highlights “China’s arrogant†approach to world domination. The Olympic swimmer has been hit with an eight-year ban after the Court of Arbitration of…
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Sun Yang lawyer blasts ‘lies’ after eight-year drug ban
A lawyer for Sun, a hugely popular figure in China, issued a fiery statement on Saturday reiterating that he will appeal, based on “a series of procedural errorsâ€. “February 28, 2020 was a dark day. It shows the scene where evil defeats justice and power replaces self-evident truths,†Beijing lawyer Zhang Qihuai said in a…
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Sun Yang CAS Suspension : Detailed Legal Analysis
The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced yesterday, 28 February 2020, that China’s first male olympic gold medallist in the pool, Sun Yang, had been made ineligible for competition for the next 8 years. The CAS hearing related to an incident that occurred at Yang’s home in September 2018, when testing officials arrived at his…
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Sun Yang says he will appeal against CAS decision
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang said he will “definitely” appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to ban him for eight years. “This is unfair. I firmly believe in my innocence,” Sun told Xinhua. “I will definitely appeal to let more people know the truth.” The CAS upheld…
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China in Shock as Swimmer Sun Yang Hit with 8 Year Doping Ban
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has delivered its verdict on controversial swimmer Sun Yang today after a prolonged doping battle that has taken place inside and outside the courtroom. Sun, who has long received warm support from the Chinese public, has been hit with an 8-year ban. The controversy began after three officials visited…
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Swimming: CAS to announce decision in Sun Yang case
The Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) will announce on Friday whether multiple Chinese swimming champion Sun Yang has been found guilty of a doping offence, it said in a statement on Thursday. CAS has to decide whether to accept an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against a decision by world swimming’s ruling…
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Ex-world champion Magnini wins appeal against doping ban
Former two-time world 100m freestyle champion Filippo Magnini of Italy had his four-year doping ban overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday. The 38-year-old had been banned in November 2018 by Italy’s anti-doping agency (Nado), after which he retired from the sport. But Lausanne-based CAS found that “there was insufficient evidence…
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Swimming authorities worked to protect Sun Yang from ban
International swimming authorities worked to protect three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang from being banned from the sport in a doping case, according to a Swiss supreme court document. A verdict in the case against the Chinese swimmer is expected within days from the Court of Arbitration for Sport. But a federal court document shows that swimming governing body FINA…