On the afternoon of the 28th, Beijing time, the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) made a judgment on the case of the International Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the International Swimming Federation (FINA) and Sun Yang. In the end, Sun Yang lost the case. , was banned for 8 years. But this is not the final judgment. Both parties can appeal to the Swiss Federal Court within 15 days.
The entire incident originated from an out-of-competition doping test against Sun Yang on September 4, 2018. Due to doubts about the qualification certificates presented by the inspectors, the test was not completed.
That night, three staff members of the International Doping Testing Management Company (IDTM) went to Sun Yang’s residence to conduct an out-of-competition anti-doping test. IDTM then reported to FINA that “Sun Yang violently resisted the test”, and Sun Yang Yang said "he fully cooperated with the inspection, but there were many illegal operations by the inspectors during the process."
On November 19, 2018, FINA held a hearing on this matter in Lausanne, Switzerland. Sun Yang himself attended the hearing.
On January 3, 2019, the FINA Anti-Doping Committee ruled that the doping test conducted by IDTM was invalid. Sun Yang did not violate the "World Anti-Doping Regulations", but he sabotaged the sampling. behavior is undesirable.
On January 27, 2019, the British " Sunday Times " reported that "Olympic champion Sun Yang treated doping testers roughly", saying that swimming Olympic champion Sun Yang had a conflict with a doping tester and his security personnel smashed him with a hammer. He who found a sealed blood sample bottle could face a lifetime ban.
In the afternoon of that day, Sun Yang's lawyer Zhang Qihuai issued a lawyer's statement on the matter, calling the article a false report and announcing some details of the incident. The statement stated that when IDTM staff conducted out-of-competition anti-doping inspections on Sun Yang, there were multiple violations throughout the entire inspection process.
On March 12, 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport against FINA’s ruling on Sun Yang’s doping test.
On November 15, 2019, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport held a public hearing in Montreux, Switzerland, to hear the World Anti-Doping Agency’s appeal against Sun Yang and FINA. The hearing started at 9 a.m. local time and lasted until 7 p.m., lasting more than 10 hours.
After the hearing began, Sun Yang spoke first, and then witnesses from all parties provided testimonies and accepted questions from the lawyers and the arbitration panel judges. Finally, all parties concluded with their closing statements.
A month later, the International Court of Arbitration for Sports announced that due to inaccurate translations and the need for both parties to provide transcripts again, the arbitration results originally scheduled to be announced in early January would be postponed.
On February 28, Beijing time, the arbitration results of the "Sun Yang case" were officially announced. In the end, Sun Yang lost the case and was banned from playing for eight years.
However, the decision of this hearing is not the final result. Both parties can appeal to the Swiss Federal Court within 15 days for a final decision.
column editor: Gu Wanquan Text editor: Song Yanlin Title picture source: Xinhua News Agency Picture editor: Da Xi
