At 5 pm on February 28th, Beijing time, The International Court of Arbitration for Sports announced the arbitration results of the previous World Anti-Doping Agency v. Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and FINA. Starting today, Sun Yang Will be banned for 8 years.
Just now, Sun Yang spoke out through Weibo, responding to his eight-year ban: I have always believed in my innocence.
I have just finished training and I have always believed in my innocence. When I received the ruling from the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, I was shocked, angry and couldn’t understand it!
I clearly followed the regulations of the doping control and actively cooperated, but it was just because the inspectors were not qualified. They themselves admitted this at the time, so they agreed not to take the blood sample. How could it be my mistake? !
Considering the problems existing in the hearing of this case by the International Court of Arbitration for Sports, I have entrusted a lawyer to file an appeal to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in accordance with the law. Let more people know the truth.
I firmly believe in my innocence! Believe that truth will defeat lies!
Thank you again for your support and help! Thanks to the State Sports General Administration, the Chinese Swimming Association and leaders at all levels for their concern, and to sports fans at home and abroad for their support! I will fight to the end to defend my legitimate rights and interests!
Sun Yang has one more chance to appeal
The time limit is within 30 days
On the afternoon of February 28, Beijing time, the International Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) announced the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sued Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and FINA ( FINA) case hearing decision results. Sun Yang has been banned from competition for eight years, effective immediately, and his previous results are valid.
The first page of the ruling of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport
The arbitration hearing was caused by an out-of-competition doping test against Sun Yang on September 4, 2018. Since Sun Yang had doubts about the qualification certificate produced by the IDTM company inspector who performed the test, The inspection was never completed. On November 19 of that year, FINA held a hearing in Lausanne, Switzerland, and finally ruled on January 3, 2019 that the inspection was invalid and that Sun Yang did not violate the "World Anti-Doping Regulations ".
However, two months later, the World Anti-Doping Agency was dissatisfied with FINA's ruling and appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On November 15, 2019, the arbitration hearing of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport was held in Montreux, Switzerland, and was held in an open format to the public at the request of Sun Yang. On that day, in addition to about 200 media representatives and the public attending the hearing, the hearing was also broadcast live online to the world.
However, due to insufficient translation of the testimony of Sun Yang and his witnesses, the court debate process did not go smoothly. Lawyers from both sides repeated the questions many times in order to let the interpreters and witnesses fully understand the questions, and even directly interrupted the witnesses to avoid misunderstandings due to inaccurate translations. In view of this situation, the International Court of Arbitration for Sports announced on December 10, 2019 that both parties were required to provide further transcripts, and the hearing decision was postponed until mid-January 2020.
Beijing time on February 27, 2020, the International Court of Arbitration for Sports issued a statement on its official website, stating that the results of the ruling will be announced on its website on the morning of the 28th local time. So this afternoon, Beijing time, people finally waited for the results of the ruling.
The International Court of Arbitration for Sport’s provisions on appeals
However, after the arbitration result is announced, according to the regulations of the International Court of Arbitration for Sports, if you are dissatisfied with the result of the award, you can file an appeal with the Swiss Federal Supreme Court within 30 days for a very limited range of reasons. Appeal means that Sun Yang still has one chance to appeal.
Chinese Swimming Association:
supports Sun Yang to continue to use legal means to safeguard legitimate rights and interests
The Chinese Swimming Association stated that it will appeal to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the FINA Anti-Doping Panel and The ruling in Sun Yang’s case is deeply regrettable.
The Chinese Swimming Association has always insisted on "zero tolerance" against the use of doping, and has always attached great importance to strengthening anti-doping education for athletes.We understand that on September 4, 2018, when the International Doping Testing Management Company (IDTM), a sample collection agency authorized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA), conducted an out-of-competition inspection on Sun Yang, it used an unqualified and unqualified test instrument without professional training. The activities of collecting athlete samples by legally qualified personnel are illegal and invalid.
We support Sun Yang in continuing to protect his legitimate rights and interests through legal means.
also hopes that the World Anti-Doping Agency, sports organizations, and doping control agencies will improve and improve the rules, strictly implement the rules, including the qualification requirements for doping control personnel, and cannot ignore the legal rights of individual athletes, and cannot allow anyone to engage in activities related to doping control. Doping control work is closely related to the vital interests of athletes.
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