By APDec 24th, 2020
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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.
In February, CAS found the three-time Olympic champion guilty of refusing to cooperate with sample collectors during a visit to his home in September 2018 that turned confrontational.
WADA brought the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after world swimming governing body FINA had issued the now 29-year-old Yang with only a warning.
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.
Swimming: What happens next for Sun Yang after doping ban overturned
24 Dec, 2020 09:00 PM
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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang s appeal against an eight-year doping ban was upheld this week. Photo / Getty Images
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Sun Yang shouldn t be booking his flight to Tokyo just yet.
Despite the anger in Australia at Thursday s shock verdict by the Swiss Federal Court to overturn the Chinese swimmer s doping ban, Sun is still a longshot to compete at next year s Olympics.
There has been a swift reaction by the World Anti-Doping Authority, which had successfully argued Sun was guilty of destroying a doping sample in 2018, and the Court of Arbitration, which handed him an eight-year suspension from the sport, to his latest escape act.