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On December 18, British time, the Times released a blockbuster article, which read: The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will launch a new round of investigation into Chinese swimmer Sun Yang. The incident began when they received a report that Sun Yang had been training at a Chinese government-funded training facility during his ban, which violated WADA regulations.
Screenshot of the British Newspaper Times report
According to reports, a whistleblower from China contacted The Times to provide photos of Sun Yang training at a juvenile sports school in Anji, Zhejiang Province, which the Times then submitted to WADA. It is reported that this government-funded sports school has produced a number of world champions and national champions, and is a reserve base for high-level sports talents in Zhejiang, known as the "cradle of champions in northern Zhejiang". However, under WADA's World Anti-Doping Regulations (WADA) "10.14.1" – athletes who are banned may not participate in training camps, exhibition games or practices organized by their national sports association or clubs that are members of the national sports association or sponsored by government agencies.
In response, WADA said: "We are investigating this matter, and as part of the investigation, we will communicate with relevant people and institutions, including fina, to gather more information to determine whether Sun Yang has violated the ban regulations." As for FINA, it said: "We are contacting the relevant Chinese parties to seek explanations." At the same time, we stress once again that any athlete who is suspended must comply with the relevant rules of the World Anti-Doping Association. SwimSwam pointed out that if Sun Yang's violation is true, his 4-year ban period may be recalculated, which also means that he will completely miss the Paris Olympic Games.
Screenshot of the SwimSwam website report
On June 22 this year, the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced that Sun Yang's eight-year ban was reduced to 4 years and 3 months, starting from February 28, 2020, and ending on May 28, 2024. Although he will turn 32 by then, Sun Yang still has a chance to participate in the Paris Olympics in the summer of 2024. On December 1, Sun Yang just celebrated his 30th birthday. At the same time, he has not appeared in public for a long time and started the webcast interaction. During this time, someone asked: Will you shine in Paris? In this regard, Sun Yang's answer is, "As long as I work hard, I will definitely be able to do it"! However, the fact is that the re-promotion of the Internet and the entry into the field of short videos have made Sun Yang's career prospects more variable.
As early as April this year, there was a controversy surrounding Sun Yang's ban. At that time, beijing youth daily reported that relevant documents showed that Sun Yang was selected for the national swimming training team to prepare for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Soon after, however, beijing youth daily deleted the report. Later, the Chinese Swimming Association released a new document indicating that Sun Yang was in a suspension period at the time, and the training notice issued earlier was invalid. In fact, at that time, some media disclosed that according to international rules, athletes in the ban period could not participate in official training and competitions.
It is worth mentioning that the person who wrote the report that Sun Yang may have violated the law in training is still a senior journalist in the swimming circle and the editor-in-chief of the swimming world website, Craig Lee. Lord. This person has always played an important role in Sun Yang's case. It should be known that the Sun Yang anti-test incident occurred on September 4, 2018. On January 3, 2019, the FINA Anti-Doping Committee has already ruled on the case, and FINA has accepted the testimony of Sun Yang's incomplete doping testing officials and made a ruling in favor of Sun Yang's side. Originally, the incident was expected to end here, but 24 days later, it was the British "Times" that exposed the "Violent Resistance of Sun Yang", which plunged Sun Yang into the whirlpool of public opinion, and the author of this article was Craig Lee. Lord.
Since then, Craig · Lord has been keeping a close eye on Sun Yang's case and has played a role in fueling the waves at many key nodes. "Hunt down" Sun Yang, Craig · What is Lordetu? The high-sounding is to "purify the pool", but from another point of view, will Lorde care more about the professional achievements brought to him by bringing down a star athlete? Perhaps even Sun Yang himself did not expect that nearly half a year has passed since the final ruling of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, but there are still people who are closely watching his "every move", which also reminds him to strictly abide by the rules and discipline during the ban period. After all, at this time, Sun Yang is a punished and banned athlete, and if he wants to realize his dream of competing in the Paris Olympics, the first thing to do is to abide by the rules, keep a low profile, and let everyone, including the "enemy", forget him.