{"id":348958,"date":"2019-01-27T11:16:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T18:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=348958"},"modified":"2019-01-27T13:54:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T20:54:24","slug":"sun-yang-facing-lifetime-ban-after-incident-with-drug-testers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-facing-lifetime-ban-after-incident-with-drug-testers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Yang Facing Lifetime Ban After Incident With Drug Testers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olympic Champion and world record holder <\/span><b>Sun Yang <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may be facing a lifetime ban from competitive swimming after a run-in with anti-doping officials collecting samples, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/olympic-champion-sun-yang-abuses-drugtesters-flgppztl3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a report <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that appeared in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday Times. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the report, the incident involved Sun and his bodyguard smashing a sealed vial of the swimmer\u2019s blood with a hammer, destroying the testing sample.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sunday Times <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">notes that Sun almost missed an out-of-competition test on September 4, 2018, breaking several testing protocols and questioning the credentials of the drug testers.\u00a0<\/span>The incident allegedly did not resolve until 4 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, FINA reviewed the incident and in a January 3 hearing a panel ruled in Sun&#8217;s favor. However, according to\u00a0<em>The Sunday Times\u00a0<\/em>the World Anti-Doping Agency is considering filing an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport on the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Sun himself has threatened legal action against\u00a0<em>The Sunday Times<\/em>, according to a report that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/news\/sport\/swimming-chinese-star-sun-yang-threatens-legal-action-over-11173104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeared on the\u00a0<em>Channel News Asia\u00a0<\/em>website<\/a>. The swimmer claims that the officials had failed to produce proper documentation for the testing, resulting in Sun attempting to reject the testing. His statement makes no mention of destroying the sample with a hammer as reported in the\u00a0<em>Times\u00a0<\/em>article.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not the first controversy involving anti-doping officials that Sun has been involved in. Sun has previously served a 3-month ban for doping that took effect back in May of 2014. That ban was a result of a positive test for the substance Trimetazidine at the 2014 Chinese Nationals, and resulted in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-world-record-holder-stripped-of-1500-free-title-for-doping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stripping of his 1500 National Title<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The ban, however, was not announced until after it had already been completed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Ba Zhen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who has been Sun\u2019s longtime doctor, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ba-zhen-sun-yangs-banned-doctor-has-suspension-extended-after-violation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was also banned for a year for his role in that incident<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sunday Times <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reports he was also involved in Sun\u2019s more recent incident with anti-doping officials in September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sun has been known for erratic behavior that has grabbed headlines, including a short <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yangs-week-in-jail-forces-jail-to-go-vegetarian-to-avoid-steroid-laced-meat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stint in jail in 2013 for driving without a license<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that resulted in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/china-lifts-sun-yangs-training-and-competition-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a subsequent ban from the Chinese Swimming Federation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He also drew attention in 2015 when he assaulted another swimmer in the warm up pool at the 2015 World Championships prior to the start of the 1500 free. He subsequently withdrew from the finals of that event but claimed in a statement that the incident was unrelated, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-answers-questions-about-1500-free-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">instead blaming his withdrawal on concerns over chest pain<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimming World <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will continue to update this story as it develops. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sunday Times and Channel News Asis contributed to this report. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Champion and world record holder Sun Yang may be facing a lifetime ban from competitive swimming after a run-in with anti-doping officials collecting samples, according to a report 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