By Agence France-Presse
China’s triple Olympic swimming gold medalist Sun Yang has been found guilty of refusing to give a doping sample and banned for eight years in an eagerly-awaited judgment from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday.
In this file photo taken on July 24, 2019 China’s Sun Yang prepares for the final of the men’s 800m freestyle event during the swimming competition at the 2019 World Championships at Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo by Manan VATSYAYANA / AFP)
The Swiss-based CAS upheld the appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the international swimming federation (FINA) and Sun, one of China’s most recognizable athletes who had already served a doping ban in 2014.
Sun, who was accused of refusing to provide blood and urine samples when drug testers visited his home in China in September 2018, has the right to appeal the ruling at the Swiss federal court.
Source: Manila Bulletin
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