On April 24, Sun Yang's studio announced that Sun Yang had resumed training and that his ban would end at the end of May this year. This also means that Sun Yang refuses to retire, but it is certain that he will not be able to participate in the Paris Olympics.
Sun Yang Studio wrote: Going into the water is the best start, insist on hard work, have the courage to challenge, and eventually break through yourself. There is love, there is expectation.
As the absolute representative of Chinese swimming, Sun Yang has a brilliant past, he is the world record holder in the men's 1500m freestyle and the Olympic record holder in the men's 400m freestyle. At the 2012 London Olympics, he won gold medals in the men's 400m freestyle and the men's 1500m freestyle. At Rio 2016, he won gold in the men's 200m freestyle. Sun Yang is the only Olympic World Slam champion in the history of world swimming in the men's 200-meter freestyle, men's 400-meter freestyle, and men's 1500-meter freestyle, the only men's 400-meter freestyle world championship in history to win four consecutive championships, the only men's 800-meter freestyle world championship three times in a row, and the number of individual gold medals in men's freestyle ranks first in the world.
In 2015, Sun Yang became the second male swimmer in history to win the MVP of the World Championships after Phelps. Sun Yang is also China's first Olympic champion in men's swimming, and the only Chinese swimmer to win gold at two consecutive Olympic Games.
Screenshot of Sun Yang video resuming training
In 2020, Sun Yang was heavily fined and banned for eight years for refusing to take a drug test in 2018, and in June 2021, after a court trial, Sun Yang's ban was shortened to four years and three months, from February 28, 2020 to the end of May 2024. On March 4, 2022, Beijing time, the Swiss Supreme Court announced that Sun Yang's final appeal was dismissed, which means that the ban on Sun Yang will be maintained until May 2024, and Sun Yang has no chance to appeal.
On June 21 last year, Sun Yang reposted an exclusive interview with himself by "Sports Weekly" on social media and wrote: "Don't give up easily, do your best yourself." Sun Yang said in an interview: "I never thought of giving up, I said at that time that I hope everyone will continue to support me, four years is not a long time, I want to stick to it a little longer." ”
In the interview, Sun Yang talked about his family and his studies, but what moved him the most was his status as an athlete: "I never said to the public that I retired or didn't swim. Sun Yang still maintains the rhythm of an athlete's life: "Get up at the normal time, eat breakfast, go to the gym, etc., work hard when there is work, and take care of other things." Swimming won't be everything in my life, I'll leave the pool one day, but I'm going to learn to enjoy swimming and love swimming, it's an integral part of my life. ”
In the past few years, Sun Yang, who has not competed, has also had more roles, he has done live broadcasts with goods, went to Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business to study, and tied the knot with rhythmic gymnastics star Zhang Doudou, but swimming has always been an inseparable part of him: "In the long run, I am not old, I still have the body and ability, and I can last a few more years." ”
It is undoubtedly a pity not to participate in this year's Paris Olympics, when the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are held, Sun Yang is already 36 years old, if Sun Yang wants to impact the Olympics again, it is still unknown whether he can maintain his condition until he is 36 years old, but as Sun Yang's studio Weibo wrote - there is love, there is expectation!
Source: Red Star News