{"id":349102,"date":"2019-01-28T10:16:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=349102"},"modified":"2019-01-28T10:16:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T17:16:21","slug":"chinese-swimming-association-backs-sun-yang-fina-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/chinese-swimming-association-backs-sun-yang-fina-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Swimming Association Backs Sun Yang; FINA Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a report by <em>The Sunday Times<\/em>, alleging Chinese Olympic gold medalist <strong>Sun Yang<\/strong> could face a lifetime ban, the Chinese Swimming Association (CSA) said Sunday Sun Yang had no wrongdoings and did not violate anti-doping rules when he took an out-of-competition urine test last September, according to <em>China Central Television<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-facing-lifetime-ban-after-incident-with-drug-testers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, the incident involved Sun and his bodyguard smashing a sealed vial of the swimmer\u2019s blood with a hammer, destroying the testing sample.\u00a0<em>The Sunday Times<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Sun claims the rejected the test at his home because the FINA-authorized testing organization had failed to show adequate proof of identification, CCTV reported. A dispute between Sun and the doping control team was later referred to world swimming governing body FINA, who ruled in favor of Sun after a 13-hour hearing on January 3.<\/p>\n<p>FINA released this statement on Monday about the situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u201cFINA is aware of the reports in the Sunday Times and other media outlets regarding Chinese swimmer Sun Yang. In accordance with FINA&#8217;s Anti-Doping Policy (FINA DC Rules 14.1.5 and 14.3.3) and the decision of the Doping Panel, FINA is not authorised to comment the case. Moreover, FINA will not consider further speculation and hearsay on this matter. FINA has zero tolerance for the use of banned performance-enhancing substances and methods. FINA remains completely committed to protecting our clean athletes, with a very robust anti-doping programme, and this has proven highly effective in ensuring clean competition at the World Championships and Olympic Games. FINA continued to implement this intensive approach in Hangzhou, China, during the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2018 and will do so again in the future, to preserve the integrity of our sport.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\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>The CSA quoted FINA&#8217;s decision as saying, &#8220;Mr. Sun Yang did not commit an anti-doping rule violation under FINA DC 2.3 or FINA DC 2.5&#8221; in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After FINA called up an investigation of the issue, CSA ordered Sun Yang to fully co-operate with FINA and truly report every details of the affair. According to the final decision of the FINA Doping Panel, FINA confirms the athlete did not commit an anti-doping rule violation,&#8221; CSA announced in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-world-record-holder-stripped-of-1500-free-title-for-doping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stripping of his 1500 National Title<\/a>. The ban, however, was not announced until after it had already been completed.<\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Ba Zhen<\/b>, who has been Sun\u2019s longtime doctor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ba-zhen-sun-yangs-banned-doctor-has-suspension-extended-after-violation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was also banned for a year for his role in that incident<\/a>, and <i>The Sunday Times <\/i>reports he was also involved in Sun\u2019s more recent incident with anti-doping officials in September.<\/p>\n<p>Sun has been known for erratic behavior that has grabbed headlines, including a short <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\">stint in jail in 2013 for driving without a license<\/a> that resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/china-lifts-sun-yangs-training-and-competition-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a subsequent ban from the Chinese Swimming Federation<\/a>. 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, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-answers-questions-about-1500-free-withdrawal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">instead blaming his withdrawal on concerns over chest pain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full China Central Television report <a href=\"http:\/\/english.cctv.com\/2019\/01\/28\/ARTItPCrfUAitjB6sQh9nbap190128.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Swimming World <\/i>will continue to update this story as it develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a report by The Sunday Times, alleging Chinese Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang could face a lifetime ban, the Chinese Swimming Association (CSA) said Sunday Sun Yang had no<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":216148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[1230,31742],"class_list":["post-349102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-chinese-swimming-association","tag-sun-yang"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Chinese Swimming Association Backs Sun Yang; 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