During the Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese swimming team was not optimistic about the outside world, and without Sun Yang, Fu Yuanhui, Ye Shiwen and Liu Xiang, it was said that it was impossible to win the gold medal. As a result, Wang Shun made a breakthrough, Zhang Yufei won two gold medals in the individual and relay, of which Zhang Yufei and Li Bingjie and others also broke the world record to win the championship, and the Chinese swimming team punched many doubters in the face. During this period, Sun Yang did not appear, nor did he update the dynamics on social media, congratulating former teammates and others. After the Olympic Games, Sun Yang began to become active in the second half of 2021.
Sun Yang broadcast live on his birthday on December 1, and later broadcast frequently on the Internet, with public welfare activities with goods, live swimming, and live interaction with fans at the beach barbecue before the New Year's Eve. It can be said that from February 28, 2020, Sun Yang has been very low-key for a year and a half, and has made frequent appearances recently, and at the same time, in the New Year's Eve live broadcast, Sun Yang also personally admitted that he will share more things with fans in 2022.
Sun Yang live broadcast frequently, the outside world's views summed up, can be described as polarization, some people feel that Sun Yang has been low-key for nearly 2 years, and now belongs to the "prodigal son back, there is still a promising", and some people think that Sun Yang is "crazy will be a disaster", he still openly expressed his hope to stick to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, but it is clear that according to the regulations, he was banned for 51 months and he could not even enter the Chinese swimming team.
People who are optimistic about Sun Yang feel that Sun Yang's results are the best for the Chinese swimming team and even Asian swimming, and have achieved great success in the Olympic Games, the World Championships and the Asian Games. The reason for the ban is not to improve the performance, but the opponent has violations, Sun Yang's team refuses to cooperate to complete, there is a later farce, Sun Yang is responsible, but the opponent's unprofessional and non-standard is also obvious.
Netizens who look down on Sun Yang said that Sun Yang as an athlete needs to abide by the rules, and when he and his team smashed the test sample in 2018, they were doomed to everything behind, and he was in violation. The ban period changed from 8 years to 51 months, coupled with the fact that Sun Yang had a fight with his mentor Zhu Zhigen, driving without a license more than once, etc., so although he was the captain of the Chinese swimming team, there would be disasters in people's madness.
At present, Sun Yang is still under investigation, he was previously suspected of using official equipment in the ban period, if true, the ban period is recalculated, and Sun Yang's retirement is almost inevitable. Of course, I also hope that Sun Yang can have good luck, as an athlete who has made great contributions to the Chinese swimming team, or strive for the opportunity to get a chance to prove himself again.