There is less than a year to go before the Paris Olympics, whether Sun Yang can participate in the Paris Olympics has become the focus of attention from the outside world, on the evening of December 22, the Chinese Swimming Association released a selection method for the Paris Olympics swimming events on the official website, one of which is very important, the domestic trials will be held in mid to late April, and at this time, just before Sun Yang lifted the ban, which means that Sun Yang completely missed the Paris Olympics.
Sun Yang, 32 years old this year, is a legend in Chinese swimming, he is the first men's Olympic champion in Chinese swimming, and the only Chinese swimmer who has won gold medals in both Olympic Games, and he is also the only one in the world swimming world who won the Grand Slam winner of the World Championships and the Olympic Games in the men's 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle.
Before Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang became famous, Sun Yang was the flag-bearer of Chinese swimming.
However, it was because of a doping test violation that Sun Yang incurred a multi-year ban. As a result, Sun Yang missed the Tokyo Olympics and failed to create greater achievements. On the eve of the Paris Olympics, Sun Yang's ban is about to expire, and many fans hope that Sun Yang can catch the last train of the Paris Olympics.
However, the Chinese Swimming Association's Olympic selection method has set the time from April 19 to 27, and Sun Yang can lift the ban three days after the competition. This has to make people suspicious, this competition date is too delicate, from the time to ruin Sun Yang's participation in the Paris Olympics.
In addition to the competition time of the trials, there is also a rule in the Swimming Sports Management Center, which also makes Sun Yang basically miss the Paris Olympics, that is, according to relevant regulations, athletes who have been banned for more than one year due to doping time in the last Olympic cycle cannot participate in the next Olympic cycle in principle.
Although Sun Yang did not take doping directly, he also had a doping test violation, and his ban period was more than a year, so this basically blocked Sun Yang's road to the Paris Olympics.
Perhaps because he had a premonition that he would miss the Paris Olympics, as early as more than two months ago, Sun Yang suddenly broke down and cried in an interview. Sun Yang wanted to participate in the Olympics so much that he did not take doping, but he was banned for an irrational violation.
Therefore, he missed the last golden age of his career, and seeing his former junior brothers and sisters fighting in the pool to win gold and silver for the Chinese swimming team, Sun Yang's heart must be tormented.
Sun Yang is 32 years old, and he has not yet announced his retirement, so it stands to reason that swimmers of this age are unlikely to achieve better results. Sun Yang can't go to the Paris Olympics, but with Sun Yang's talent and strength, if he wants to make a comeback, it is not impossible, maybe on the stage of the world's top competitions, it is unlikely to create more miracles, but if he is in the Asian arena, Sun Yang still has a chance to fight.