Swimming’s world governing body has cleared Chinese Olympic champion Sun Yang of any wrongdoing following complaints over his behavior at this month’s world championships in Russia.
FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu told Reuters the altercation that led to a complaint against Sun was the result of overcongestion in the warmup pool in Kazan and did not warrant further action.
“There was a misunderstanding in the pool,” Marculescu said.
“In Kazan, we have over 1,000 swimmers, so the preparation pool became very crowded.”