Sun Yang Defends Master’s Thesis About Himself

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Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Sun Yang defended his master’s thesis from Soochow University (SU) on Oct. 17.

The topic? None other than himself and one of these medals:

The university is located in East China’s Jiangsu Province where Yang is studying physical education and currently training for Tokyo 2020.

His thesis, titled “An analysis of the skills of the Men’s 200m freestyle champion at the 31st Olympics,” evaluated his experience in the race, and not any of the drama surrounding it.

The defense left Chinese fans of both swimming and academia with a variety of feelings. One commented: “He is definitely entitled to research his own success. He is the most brilliant swimmer in China, after all.”

Others were not buying it: “In short, I’m not convinced,” added another commenter. “How could he finish all his courses when he had to train every day?”

This is not the first time Yang has created comment controversy. After testing positive for the stimulant trimetazidine in 2014, Yang has been one of the most discussed swimmers worldwide.

In 2015, he was awarded Swimmer of the Meet honors at the World Championships, causing a complete outrage on Twitter. The Tweets came after not only his doping controversy, but after he skipped his 1500 free as well.

The reactions to his self-defense are sparking similar controversy as more people learn about his thesis subject.

The Global Times and The Shanghaiist contributed to this report. 

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Billy Bongles
6 years ago

Andrew Bryce lad

Euan Ballantyne
6 years ago
Reply to  Billy Bongles

He just gives no shits

Fred
Fred
6 years ago

This is too Funny!

Peter Scott
6 years ago

FINA favourite golden boy himself?

Paul Cate
6 years ago

No surprise there.

Matt Seadog
6 years ago

Maybe we can discover his secrets and what drugs and doping methods he uses

Andrew Webber
6 years ago
Reply to  Matt Seadog

All of them probably.

Jeselnik
Jeselnik
6 years ago
Reply to  Matt Seadog

That’s racist!!! He didn’t get caught with any drug – he was using a legitimate medication..

Trimetazidine is used to treat angina pectoris and Sun has angina pectoris.

Sun’s a head case and top notch A-hole. Why? Because he can. Take it up with him if you have an issue.

Stop being so racist. That’s not cool at all.

Owen Van Renen
Owen Van Renen
6 years ago
Reply to  Jeselnik

I fail to understand how you consider this racist. The issue is doping NOT race.

Edward Caruana Dingli
6 years ago

Alex Turnbull thesis ideas

Alex Turnbull
6 years ago

Xalazobbu

Dick Beaver
6 years ago

I wonder if he included admitting his doping, and if he acknowledged Dennis Cottrell (Miami Swim Club, Australia) for his huge success.

Daniel Hasler
6 years ago

classic sun yang

Jeselnik
Jeselnik
6 years ago

Why? Because he can. It’s classic Jeselnik or classic Sun.

If you are 6 foot 7 and is the best swimmer in the world, you can do this too.

Some people are more equal than others, Get over it.

Dan Meyer
6 years ago

lol

Marie Moffitt
6 years ago

The mind boggles…

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