On February 27th, Beijing time, CAS officially issued an announcement. The announcement showed that in response to the verdict of the International Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against Sun Yang and the International Swimming Federation (FINA), CAS will announce the verdict on the 28th at 10 am local time. time (5:00 p.m. Beijing time on the 28th) on its official website.
In July 2019, the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea were held as scheduled. Some foreign media and athletes believed that Sun Yang was not qualified to appear at the World Championships. In the men's 400-meter freestyle competition, Sun Yang won the championship in 3 minutes, 42 seconds and 44. At the awards ceremony after the game, Australian player Horton , who won the silver medal, refused to take a photo with Sun Yang on the podium, causing an uproar. Later in the 200-meter freestyle, British player Scott also followed Horton's lead. They all believed that Sun Yang's "violent refusal to be inspected" was unacceptable.
On November 15, 2019 local time, Sun Yang concluded his hearing in Switzerland. WADA has always believed that although the test personnel did have incorrect behavior, Sun Yang had no reason not to cooperate with this test, and he should not refuse the test team to take away the test samples. WADA emphasized: Sun Yang may face a ban from four years and three months to eight years. Sun Yang asked continuously, how should my personal information be protected? How are my image rights protected? How are my privacy rights protected? Later, Sun Yang said that he had all the videos, surveillance, and photos on hand.
Some time later, Sun Yang successively released some videos. In the video, the situation at the drug test site was announced for the first time. The agreement signed by the two parties was: acknowledging that the drug test was "incomplete" and agreeing not to take away the swimmer's samples because there was insufficient qualifications and certification. However, the results did not come as expected. CAS previously announced that due to the translation of the hearing, the ruling would not be earlier than mid-January 2020.
The time has come to the end of February. Sun Yang has already participated in the FINA Championship Swimming Series in the new season and won three championships, especially completing the 200 and 400 events in the Beijing Station. The latest news shows that documents from the Swiss Supreme Court show that FINA has been working hard to prevent Sun Yang from being punished. FINA supports Sun Yang and believes that the chief lawyer of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), American Richard Young, is suspected of a conflict of interest.
Now, CAS is about to pronounce the verdict on Sun Yang’s case on February 28. The specific time is 10 a.m. local time. Of course, the Sun Yang case will not become a final result just because of this announcement. Both parties can appeal within 15 days. If they choose to appeal and the result is still the same, then things will not be reversed.
