{"id":398186,"date":"2019-10-14T15:43:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T22:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=398186"},"modified":"2019-10-14T15:43:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T22:43:20","slug":"the-week-that-was-conor-dwyer-retires-after-doping-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-conor-dwyer-retires-after-doping-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Conor Dwyer Retires After Doping Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The International Swimming League is heating up as we hit the middle of October, but two\/thirds of the 200 free podium from Rio dominated the headlines in the week that was.\u00a0Conor Dwyer\u00a0<\/strong>announced he is retiring from the sport of swimming after receiving a 20-month doping suspension while\u00a0Sun Yang<\/strong>‘s hearing with the Court of Arbitration has been announced to take place November 15.<\/p>\n

In Qatar, the first annual World Beach Games took place this week but\u00a0Haley Anderson<\/strong>,\u00a0Ashley Twichell<\/strong> and the Canadian national team pulled out of the competition because the water temperatures where the open water races were to be held were too warm.<\/p>\n

Read the five biggest stories below in the week that was.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #5: TYR Co-Founder Steve Furniss Retires<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: TYR Sport<\/p><\/div>\n

Today, two-time Olympic swimmer and TYR Sport co-founder\u00a0Steve Furniss<\/strong>, announced his retirement after 34 years at the company. Furniss launched TYR in 1985 and helped transform the company into one of the world\u2019s leading aquatic performance brands.<\/p>\n

Steve began his sports business career in Landersheim, France working for legendary Adidas owner,\u00a0Horst Dassler<\/strong>, He then served as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Arena USA before co-founding TYR Sport with swimwear designer\u00a0Joseph DiLorenzo<\/strong>. From the company\u2019s beginning, TYR has focused on providing the competitive swim market with vibrant, performance driven prints and innovative swim training equipment.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #4: FINA Most Likely to Approve World Records Set in ISL<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

FINA is \u201cmost likely\u201d to ratify any World records set in\u00a0International Swimming League (ISL)<\/strong>\u00a0competition because the international federation wishes \u201cto avoid further legal action and an escalation of the swimmers\u2019 revolution\u201d, a source close to the top table of the organisation has told\u00a0Swimming World<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #3: Haley Anderson, Ashley Twichell + Plus Canadian Team Pull Out of World Beach Games in Qatar<\/h3>\n
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Ashley Twichell and Haley Anderson at the 2019 Open Water Nationals – Photo Courtesy: Andy Ross<\/p><\/div>\n

Haley Anderson <\/strong>and Ashley Twichell<\/strong>, the top two American women open water swimmers, will not race at the\u00a0ANOC World Beach Games in Qatar<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0this weekend as planned because water temperatures are expected to exceed upper limits imposed after the death of their fellow American\u00a0Fran Crippen\u00a0<\/strong>in 2010.<\/p>\n

USA Swimming\u00a0confirmed the decision and explained:<\/p>\n

\u201cBased on water temperature data and USA Swimming\u2019s recommendations concerning athlete health and safety, National Team athletes Haley Anderson and Ashley Twichell have made the decision not to attend the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Week That Was #2: Sun Yang CAS Hearing Set For November 15<\/h3>\n
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Sun Yang – Photo Courtesy: Becca Wyant<\/p><\/div>\n

Sun Yang\u2019s <\/strong>Court of Arbitration (CAS)\u00a0hearing\u00a0will be held in Lausanne on November 15, the swimmer\u2019s Chinese lawyer\u00a0Zhang Qihuai<\/strong> announced.<\/p>\n

CAS<\/strong>\u00a0has yet to add the hearing date to its published list of official hearings, its last statement confirming that a hearing was unlikely before the end of October given that all parties had not yet agreed to a timetable of events.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0hearing, requested by the\u00a0World Anti-Doping Agency<\/strong>\u00a0(WADA) is into a\u00a0FINA Doping Panel<\/strong>\u00a0decision to impose no penalty on\u00a0Sun Yang<\/strong>, the 2012 Olympic 400 and 1500m freestyle champion for China who in 2014 was served a doping penalty, after an acrimonious encounter with anti-doping testers in September 2018.<\/p>\n

The Week That Was #1: Conor Dwyer Retires After Receiving 20-Month Doping Suspension<\/h3>\n
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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

Two-time US Olympian\u00a0Conor Dwyer\u00a0<\/strong>was suspended by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA<\/a>) for testing positive for an anabolic agent in out-of-competition tests collected on November 15, November 27, and December 20, 2018. The decision came from an independent three-member panel of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), who determined Dwyer, 30, should receive a 20-month suspension.<\/p>\n

Dwyer\u2019s 20-month period of ineligibility started on December 21, 2018, which would explain why he had to\u00a0withdraw from the 2019 World Championship team<\/a>\u00a0this year without explanation.<\/p>\n

He announced his retirement shortly after receiving the sentence.<\/p>\n