China’s Sun Yang hints at return to swimming after doping ban
1 year, 3 months ago

China’s Sun Yang hints at return to swimming after doping ban

The Hindu  

China’s three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang hinted Thursday that he could return to swimming after his doping ban, with the suspension set to be lifted just in time for next year’s Paris Olympics. “Personally, I have never said I was quitting swimming or announced that I was giving up,” the 31-year-old athlete said in an interview with a sports channel operated by Chinese social media platform Weibo. Sun’s ban is set to expire in June next year, opening a path for him to stage a striking comeback to the international stage at the Summer Olympics, which begin in late July. It’s setbacks and difficulties that make a person grow and make a person strong.” Sun was previously banned for three months in 2014 for a separate doping offence.

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As ban ends, Sun hopes to rise again
3 months, 3 weeks ago

As ban ends, Sun hopes to rise again

China Daily  

Following his return from suspension, China's triple Olympic champion Sun Yang won the men's 400m freestyle at the 2024 National Summer Swimming Championships on Sunday. XINHUA After more than 1,600 days away from competition, China's disgraced Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang has returned to winning ways, eyeing redemption following a controversial anti-doping rule violation. He won his first official race …

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang wins on return from doping ban
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang wins on return from doping ban

The Hindu  

Disgraced three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has won his first title in the pool after coming back from a four-year doping ban. Sun won the men’s 400m freestyle, pulling ahead of his rivals after the first 200 metres to win in 3:49.58, considerably slower than his personal best, an Olympic record 3:40.14 set at London 2012. “I do feel …

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang wins first gold after long suspension
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang wins first gold after long suspension

China Daily  

Sun Yang claims gold in the men's 400m freestyle at the 2024 National Summer Swimming Championships on Sunday. HEFEI, China - China's triple Olympic champion Sun Yang claimed gold in the men's 400m freestyle at the 2024 National Summer Swimming Championships on Sunday in Hefei, East China's Anhui province. Born in December 1991 in Zhejiang's capital Hangzhou, Sun became China's …

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang wins first gold after long suspension
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang wins first gold after long suspension

China Daily  

Sun Yang claims gold in the men's 400m freestyle at the 2024 National Summer Swimming Championships on Sunday. HEFEI, China - China's triple Olympic champion Sun Yang claimed gold in the men's 400m freestyle at the 2024 National Summer Swimming Championships on Sunday in Hefei, East China's Anhui province. Born in December 1991 in Zhejiang's capital Hangzhou, Sun became China's …

China’s Sun Yang set to return to the pool after four-year doping ban
4 months ago

China’s Sun Yang set to return to the pool after four-year doping ban

The Hindu  

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang will return to the pool at a major domestic meet next week following the expiry of his four-year ban for doping, state media reported. Sun, China’s first Olympic gold medallist in men’s swimming, will represent his home Zhejiang province at the National Summer Swimming Championships which start on Sunday in Hefei. Pan Zhanle claimed the men’s …

Olympic champion Sun Yang set to make his return
4 months ago

Olympic champion Sun Yang set to make his return

China Daily  

Sun Yang of China celebrates after the men's 200m freestyle final of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 in Beijing, Jan 18, 2020. The General Administration of Sport of China has confirmed that Olympic champion Sun Yang will make his competitive return in Hefei, Anhui province, according to Anhui local news website Dawan. The tag "Sun Yang's Comeback Confirmed in Hefei" …

Another Chinese doping controversy pops up during Olympic swimming competition
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Another Chinese doping controversy pops up during Olympic swimming competition

Associated Press  

NANTERRE, France — Another Chinese doping allegation has flared up at the Paris Games, angering some swimmers who say officials need to enforce drug-testing rules consistently. The New York Times reported Tuesday that two top Chinese swimmers — including one on this year’s Olympic team — tested positive for a banned steroid in 2022 but were eventually cleared to compete …

China's former Olympic champion ready to swim after ban
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China's former Olympic champion ready to swim after ban

China Daily  

Sun Yang China's former Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang has reiterated his ambition of coming back to compete as strong as ever after his doping ban of over four years finished on Tuesday. Sun, a former three-time freestyle Olympic champion, technically regained his eligibility to compete in an official race again on May 28 after completing a suspension of four …

Chinese swimmers head to Paris Olympics under a cloud amid row over handling of drugs tests
8 months ago

Chinese swimmers head to Paris Olympics under a cloud amid row over handling of drugs tests

CNN  

CNN — A dispute over the handling of a 2021 case in which 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned performance-enhancing substance ahead of the Tokyo Olympics now threatens to overshadow swimming events at the Paris Games this summer. “People compete because they love to push themselves and race fairly,” Mack Horton, a former Australian swimmer and Olympic gold …

WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics, citing contaminated samples
8 months ago

WADA stands by decision to clear Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics, citing contaminated samples

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The World Anti-Doping Agency said after reviewing various media reports that it stands by its decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned heart medication before the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. “Following WADA’s review of the documentary, the agency still stands firmly by the results of its scientific investigation and legal decision concerning the case,” …

Chinese star swimmer Sun Yang set to miss Paris Olympics
1 year ago

Chinese star swimmer Sun Yang set to miss Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Doping-tainted swimming star Sun Yang looks set to miss the Paris Olympics after China published its selection criteria for the 2024 Games. The Chinese Swimming Association said on Friday its team would be chosen based on the results of the world championships in 2023 and the 2024 world championships in Doha as well as results at the national championships, which …

Doping talk rears its head after Russian swimmers win
3 years, 4 months ago

Doping talk rears its head after Russian swimmers win

Associated Press  

TOKYO — After losing to Russian swimmers in two races at the Olympics, American backstroke star Ryan Murphy said Friday that doping remains a huge problem in the sport and he wonders if all his competitors are clean. “That is what it is.” But later, at a news conference with fellow medalists Rylov and third-place finisher Luke Greenbank of Britain, …

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned again, misses Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 6 months ago

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned again, misses Tokyo Olympics

Associated Press  

GENEVA — China’s most famous swimmer got a second chance to avoid a doping ban and compete at the Tokyo Olympics, and lost. Sun denied wrongdoing and his original eight-year ban imposed last year was overturned on appeal to Switzerland’s supreme court, which ordered a fresh trial. For the retrial, Sun’s Geneva-based legal team was aided by lawyers who successfully …

Chinese swimmer Sun's doping ban reduced to four years, but will miss Tokyo Games
3 years, 6 months ago

Chinese swimmer Sun's doping ban reduced to four years, but will miss Tokyo Games

The Hindu  

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has had his eight-year ban for doping violations reduced to four years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said in a statement. Sun was banned for eight years by CAS in February 2020 after it accepted an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency against a decision by swimming governing body FINA to clear him of wrongdoing …

Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang's career on the line at appeal hearing
3 years, 7 months ago

Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang's career on the line at appeal hearing

The Hindu  

The sporting future of swimmer Sun Yang, one of China's most celebrated athletes, will be decided next week in Switzerland when his appeal against an eight-year doping ban is heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Australian Horton dubbed Sun a "drug cheat" at the 2016 Rio Olympics because China's first male Olympic swimming champion had served a three-month …

Swim star Sun Yang's 3-day retrial at sports court next week
3 years, 7 months ago

Swim star Sun Yang's 3-day retrial at sports court next week

The Hindu  

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 on Tuesday. Sun’s first hearing in November 2019 took one day, was opened to the media and streamed live online at the request of his lawyers. Federal judges ruled the guilty verdict unsafe because …

Swimmer Mack Horton unconcerned of rival Sun Yang's Tokyo participation
3 years, 7 months ago

Swimmer Mack Horton unconcerned of rival Sun Yang's Tokyo participation

The Hindu  

Two years after his controversial podium move at the world swimming championships, Australian Mack Horton still can't seem to shake off questions about the guy he intended to snub. Horton refused to stand on the podium next to Sun Yang at Gwangju, South Korea in 2019 after the Chinese swimmer won his fourth consecutive 400-meter world championship gold medal. “It's …

WADA says Swiss court overturns swimmer Sun Yang’s doping ban
4 years ago

WADA says Swiss court overturns swimmer Sun Yang’s doping ban

The Hindu  

The World Anti-Doping Agency says a Swiss court has overturned an eight-year doping ban against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and ordered the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a second time but with a different chairman of the judges. “The Swiss Federal Tribunal’s decision upholds a challenge against the chair of the CAS Panel and makes …

Sun Yang's doping ban referred back to CAS after Chinese swimmer's appeal
4 years ago

Sun Yang's doping ban referred back to CAS after Chinese swimmer's appeal

The Hindu  

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has had his eight-year ban for doping violations referred back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after an appeal to a Swiss court, the World Anti-Doping Agency said in a statement late on Wednesday. Sun was banned for eight years by CAS in February after it accepted an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency against …

WADA says Swiss court overturns swimmer Sun’s doping ban
4 years ago

WADA says Swiss court overturns swimmer Sun’s doping ban

Associated Press  

The World Anti-Doping Agency says a Swiss court has overturned an eight-year doping ban against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and ordered the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a second time but with a different chairman of the judges. “The Swiss Federal Tribunal’s decision upholds a challenge against the chair of the CAS Panel and makes …

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