On April 24, when the National Swimming Championships were in full swing in Shenzhen, Sun Yang's studio released the following video.
In the video, Sun Yang, who was wearing a fire pot print, jumped into the pool and began training. The accompanying text is: "Entering 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. ”
In other words, Sun Yang officially announced his return to the pool.
The information that can be obtained from the video is probably as follows:
1. Sun Yang has been training for a while, which can be known from the fire pot print;
2, Sun Yang did not gain weight, and his figure was maintained very well;
3, Sun Yang still has dreams.
I have carefully studied the judgment of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and I will first explain the matter of Sun Yang's ban:
Sun Yang was banned for smashing a bottle with his own blood sample, and according to the rules of the World Doping Agency, smashing the bottle will be found to be in violation of the rules. The whole incident was not because Sun Yang was found to be doping. What was the reason why Sun Yang smashed the blood sample bottle? Because they found that the people who took the samples were a bit "unknown in origin" and could not produce their documents, and even the nurses who collected the blood samples were practicing medicine across regions. Some people say that Sun Yang smashed the bottle because he was afraid of finding out. Personally, I thought that if I was afraid of finding out, I wouldn't let them have blood drawn at all.
We have also said many times, in fact, Sun Yang didn't need to make a move at all to smash this blood sample, and other people didn't have anything to do. But Sun Yang is just strong, and he has to smash it with his own hands to bear this lawsuit. This also shows from one side that Sun Yang is not afraid of detecting doping, if that is the case, he can be more intelligent. For example, if you ask the coach to smash the bottle, or ask the old lady to smash the bottle, and then he is still "desperately trying to stop" on the side, he has nothing to do.
Sun Yang's ban is until the end of May 2024. In other words, if all goes well, he may not be in time for the Paris Olympics.
It's just that Sun Yang wants to go to Paris, and he has to meet 2 conditions:
One is the grades. Now the Chinese swimming team is no longer what it used to be, and a large number of capable young players have emerged. Take the 400-meter freestyle as an example, Pan Zhanle and Zhang Zhanshuo in the Chinese swimming team have already qualified for the 400-meter Olympics, and Sun Yang must at least surpass Zhang Zhanshuo in terms of results if he wants to go to Paris. Whether Sun Yang, who has not trained systematically for several years, can still defeat these young players is not without suspense.
The second is the support of the Chinese swimming team. Because the ongoing national championships are also Olympic qualifiers, even if Sun Yang's results after his comeback surpass Zhang Zhanshuo's, but because it is the results after the Olympic qualifying tournament, it still needs the recognition of the Chinese Swimming Association. Of course, as long as Sun Yang can still fight, I personally think that this is not a problem.
No matter what, support Sun Yang and welcome Sun Yang's comeback.