{"id":419387,"date":"2020-02-28T02:15:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T09:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=419387"},"modified":"2020-03-02T02:13:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T09:13:12","slug":"sun-yang-vs-wada-verdict-damning-eight-year-ends-career-of-chinese-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-vs-wada-verdict-damning-eight-year-ends-career-of-chinese-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Yang Vs WADA Verdict: Damning Eight-Year Ban Ends Career Of Chinese Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sun Yang\u00a0Verdict: WADA Vs Sun Yang &amp; FINA at\u00a0the Court of Arbitration for Sport<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sun Yang\u00a0<\/strong>&#8216;s swimming career is over. In a damning judgment, a panel of three senior judges at the <strong>Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)<\/strong> handed the Chinese Olympic champion an eight-year ban. The penalty is not backdated and starts this day, ruling Sun out of the defence of the 200m freestyle title at Tokyo 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)<\/strong> welcomed the ruling saying that it &#8220;confirms those concerns and is a significant result&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>That rang true for the testing team that visited Sun&#8217;s home in September 2018 only to be met with refusal and, from some of Sun&#8217;s entourage, threats, and those who have made a stand against not only Sun but the circumstances and organisations perceived to have given him a lenient, easy ride and even helped to protect him.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Read the statements from CAS and WADA below<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other coverage:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Swimming World&#8217;s coverage of Sun Yang &amp; FINA Vs WADA At the Court of Arbitration for Sport<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ee;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #0000ee;\"><u>Commentary<\/u><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yangs-hammer-is-not-yet-done-as-the-light-turns-towards-the-men-in-suits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">: Sun Yang\u2019s Hammer Is Not Yet Done As The Light Turns Towards The Men In Suits<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/suns-mum-flares-ming-yang-reveals-how-chinese-swim-bosses-sought-to-hide-2014-doping-positive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sun\u2019s Mum Flares: Ming Yang Reveals How Chinese Swim Bosses Sought To Hide 2014 Doping Positive<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-lawyer-accuses-wada-will-fight-to-race-at-tokyo-2020-sue-testing-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sun Yang Lawyer Accuses WADA &amp; CAS Of \u2018Evil Lies\u2019; Will Fight To Race At Tokyo 2020 &amp; Sue Testing Agent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yangs-eight-year-ban-history-repeats-whiskey-in-the-jar-to-hammer-horror\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commentary:\u00a0Sun Yang\u2019s Eight-Year Ban \u2013 History repeats: Whiskey In The Jar To Hammer Horror<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-says-he-will-definitely-appeal-8-year-ban-at-swiss-federal-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"item-title\">Sun Yang Says He Will \u2018Definitely\u2019 Appeal 8-Year-Ban At Swiss Federal Court<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"alternate\"><span class=\"item-title\">A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/adam-peaty-welcomes-eight-year-ban-after-sun-yang-disrespects-the-sport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dam Peaty Welcomes Eight-Year Ban After Sun Yang \u2018Disrespects The Sport\u2019<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-verdict-the-fina-doping-panel-ruling-that-triggered-wada-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"item-title\">Sun Yang Verdict: The FINA Doping Panel Ruling That Triggered WADA Action<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rudd-world-swimming-coaches-association-vice-president-cas-decision-has-rescued-swimming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rudd, World Swimming Coaches Association Vice-President: CAS Decision Has Rescued Swimming<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-verdict-ryan-cochrane-and-chad-le-clos-on-the-lasting-pain-of-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sun Yang Verdict: Ryan Cochrane And Chad Le Clos On The Lasting Pain Of Loss<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Podium Protestors<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/thumbs-up-from-mack-and-his-stance-for-clean-sport-a-date-with-destiny-awaits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"item-title\">Thumbs up from Mack and his stance for clean sport\u2026.a date with destiny awaits<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"alternate\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/duncan-scott-fully-respects-and-supports-cas-decision-their-commitment-to-clean-sport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"item-title\">Duncan Scott \u2018Fully Respects And Supports\u2019 CAS Decision &amp; Their Commitment To Clean Sport<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mack Horton<\/strong>, who in 2016 called Sun a &#8220;cheat&#8221; before beating Sun, the defending champion in the Olympic 400m freestyle final, told Swimming World today:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cMy stance has always been for clean sport. It is not, and never will be about individuals or nations. Today\u2019s outcome does not change my stance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The other man involved in podium protests against Sun&#8217;s presence at World titles last July, <strong>Duncan Scott<\/strong>, of Britain, told<em> Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI fully respect\u00a0and support\u00a0the decision that has been made and announced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport this morning.\u00a0I believe in clean sport and a level playing field for all athletes and I trust in CAS and WADA to uphold these values.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_382391\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-382391\" data-attachment-id=\"382391\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-coaches-back-mack-horton-call-on-fina-to-back-isl-zero-tolerance-on-doping\/mackhortonsunyanggabrieledetti\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mackhortonsunyanggabrieledetti.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,532\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;PATRICK B. KRAEMER&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;(L-R) Second placed Mack Horton of Australia keeps his distance to winner Yang Sun of China while they pose with their medals for photographers after competing in the men&#039;s 400m Freestyle Final during the Swimming events at the Gwangju 2019 FINA World Championships, Gwangju, South Korea, 21 July 2019. Gabriele Detti of Italy finishes third.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mackhortonsunyanggabrieledetti\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;June 28, 2020&lt;br \/&gt;\n0.5.20&lt;br \/&gt;\n24.4.20&lt;br \/&gt;\n20.2.20&lt;br \/&gt;\n28.12.19&lt;br \/&gt;\n17.11.19 used 19.8.19 (L-R) Second placed Mack Horton of Australia keeps his distance to winner Yang Sun of China while they pose with their medals for photographers after competing in the men&#8217;s 400m Freestyle Final during the Swimming events at the Gwangju 2019 FINA World Championships, Gwangju, South Korea, 21 July 2019. Gabriele Detti of Italy finishes third.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mack Horton, left, keeps his distance to Sun Yang for the photo-op with bronze medallist Gabriele Detti after medals in the 400m free at world titles in Gwangju &#8230; podium protests followed after Sun Yang&#8217;s latest brush with anti-doping authorities &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mackhortonsunyanggabrieledetti-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mackhortonsunyanggabrieledetti.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-382391\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/mackhortonsunyanggabrieledetti-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Second placed Mack Horton of Australia keeps his distance to winner Yang Sun of China while they pose with their medals for photographers after competing in the men's 400m Freestyle Final during the Swimming events at the Gwangju 2019 FINA World Championships, Gwangju, South Korea, 21 July 2019. Gabriele Detti of Italy finishes third.\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-382391\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mack Horton, left, keeps his distance to Sun Yang for the photo-op with bronze medallist Gabriele Detti after medals in the 400m free at world titles in Gwangju &#8230; podium protests followed after Sun Yang&#8217;s latest brush with anti-doping authorities &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Horton was backed by sports authorities in his country and <strong>The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority<\/strong>, which said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cASADA welcomes the CAS decision as it restores faith in the anti-doping system. We hold our athletes to the highest possible standards and we expect that those standards are upheld globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_406347\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-406347\" data-attachment-id=\"406347\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-vs-wada-verdict-damning-eight-year-ends-career-of-chinese-controversy\/racing-photoshoot-pwskin-carbon-core-fx-2020-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/arenagregoriopaltrinieri1RACING-PHOTOSHOOT-PWSKIN-CARBON-CORE-FX-2020-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,682\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In the picture: Gregorio Paltrinieri ITA, 003659&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Photo credit: Mike Lewis&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;RACING PHOTOSHOOT-PWSKIN CARBON CORE FX-2020&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RACING PHOTOSHOOT-PWSKIN CARBON CORE FX-2020\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;12.3.20 In the picture: Gregorio Paltrinieri ITA, 003659&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Gregorio Paltrinieri &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Arena&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/arenagregoriopaltrinieri1RACING-PHOTOSHOOT-PWSKIN-CARBON-CORE-FX-2020-1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/arenagregoriopaltrinieri1RACING-PHOTOSHOOT-PWSKIN-CARBON-CORE-FX-2020-1.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-406347\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/arenagregoriopaltrinieri1RACING-PHOTOSHOOT-PWSKIN-CARBON-CORE-FX-2020-1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"In the picture: Gregorio Paltrinieri ITA, 003659\" width=\"253\" height=\"181\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-406347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregorio Paltrinieri &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Arena<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of Horton&#8217;s friends and great rivals of both the Australian and Sun, Gregorio Paltrinieri, the Italian Olympic 1500m freestyle champion, told SkySport Italy:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201c<em>To me this whole story leaves only so much sadness, as always in all cases of doping.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>I really can&#8217;t celebrate because one of my rivals is found positive for doping. I don&#8217;t find anything beautiful, I just can&#8217;t rejoice. I will say a paradox, I am almost sorry that this news came out &#8220;.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pressed to say whether he felt sorry for Sun Yang or for the credibility of the anti-doping system, Paltrinieri replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<strong><em>Sorry for him certainly not. My displeasure stems from the fact that Sun Yang has marked my professional growth as an athlete. Since I was a child he has always been my point of reference, he was the champion I wanted to beat, I worked hard to be able to compete face to face with him, I dreamed of challenging him side by side in lanes 4 and 5 (in swimming the lanes of best) and I managed to do it. Knowing now that there has been the help of doping, really, behind some of its competitions, takes away a little from everything <\/em><\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ian Thorpe<\/strong>, five-times Olympic champion, weighed in with:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI definitely supported Mack\u2019s stance at the Olympics and I also felt that the sport should\u2019ve done a better job in making sure there was never a situation where Mack had to stand up on the podium in the first place.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And fellow Olympic champion of Rio 2016, Kyle Chalmers, the 100m freestyle gold medallist, had the back of his teammate, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am in full support of my teammate Mack &#8230; I support Mack and what Mack stands for.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Adam Peaty<\/strong>, the Olympic 100m breaststroke champion from Britain, hailed the verdict a triumph for clean sport.<\/p>\n<p>Leading coaches joined the chorus of celebration in swimming, <strong>Jon Rudd<\/strong>, now the head of Swim Ireland &#8211; in the land of <strong>Michelle Smith<\/strong>, the last swimmer to have news of her doping case broken by this author before a public hearing at CAS spelled the end of her career, back in 1998 &#8211; \u00a0said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThats of to CAS &#8230; the sport has been rescued: it\u2019s literally that big.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the United States, Olympic teamster and 4x200m free gold medallist of 2008 and 2012, <strong>Ricky Berens<\/strong> told <em>Swimming World<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to say, &#8216;it was good to see&#8217;, because I hate seeing negative attention brought to our sport. This decision effects a lot of people, Sun Yang, but also the people that he has competed against and knocked off podiums. I can&#8217;t remember a penalty like this while I was competing, which goes to show how strong the evidence was stacked against Yang. This decision sends a message to not only our sport, but all sports, that cheaters never win. This Sun Yang saga has been going on for far too long. I hope that this puts an end to it and our sport can move on from it.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Questions For FINA As Sun says he will appeal<\/h3>\n<p>FINA, the international federation, now faces huge questions about its handling of a case in which it&#8217;s role was, at the very least, to remain neutral. The case goes down in swimming and anti-doping history as a thumping reminder that sports federations cannot serve as both police and promoter, the two roles representing a huge conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>In its statement on the CAS decision, FINA did not refer to any of the issues that demand urgent review of the governance structures, checks, balances and accountability within the organisation. A FINA statement read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>FINA has noted the judgement published by CAS today in the case of WADA versus Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Notwithstanding any further legal action, and as directed, FINA will implement CAS&#8217;s decision with regard to disciplinary action against the swimmer. FINA has also noted CAS&#8217;s provisions with regard to the modification of competition results.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Sun Yang&#8217;s Last Stand: Appeal To Swiss Federal Tribunal<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_402376\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402376\" class=\" wp-image-402376\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sunyanglast.jpg\" alt=\"sunyanglast\" width=\"227\" height=\"164\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-402376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sun Yang and his counsel, Ian Meakin &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Craig Lord<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The decision of the CAS brings to an end one of the most controversial careers in swimming history.<\/p>\n<p>There is one option left to Sun and his legal team: they can challenge the CAS verdict at the <strong>Swiss Federal Tribunal,<\/strong> a legal authority beyond CAS \u00a0in Switzerland, where the Court of Arbitration, \u00a0as well as FINA, is based. Sun has already said that he will appeal the ruling.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) has the power to issue a stay on any decisions in sport pending judgement of the Swiss court. That could leave the door to Tokyo 2020 ajar. However, in past sports cases, the Swiss court has only issued a stay where there have been no objection from the opposing party, in this case WADA. It is highly unlikely that that WADA would let a plea for stay in Sun&#8217;s case go unchallenged under the circumstances: where other cases have involved issues of financial recompense or human rights, the swimmer&#8217;s case and judgement speaks to the WADA Code, the CAS decision based on anti-doping rules not wider international conventions and precedents.<\/li>\n<li class=\"abstract-text\"><strong>The Tribunal&#8217;s role:<\/strong> The CAS is subject to the more general legal framework of international arbitration in Switzerland regulated through the Swiss Private International Law Act (Swiss PILA). The Swiss PILA emphasizes the parties\u2019 autonomy in the conduct of the arbitration proceedings and limits the intervention of state courts to the strict minimum. Within this context, arbitral awards are final upon their notification and can only be challenged before the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) on a very limited number of grounds, exhaustively enumerated in Art. 190(2) PILA. Although a \u201climited\u201d role tis bestowed upon the SFT, Switzerland\u2019s Supreme Court has so far rendered numerous judgments in motions to set aside CAS awards.\u00a0The SFT has significant influence on how CAS operates and CAS judges are aware of relevant conditions when they make their judgements. The SFT controls both the legality of CAS as an arbitral institution and the legality of CAS awards.\u00a0The SFT may confirm, reject or more generally interpret some of the procedural provisions of the CAS Rules and the law applicable to the merits of cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Those With Questions Yet To Answer<\/h2>\n<p>If one aspect of the story ends this day, the CAS decision does not bring an end to the issues that led to a decision that affects a swimmer but leaves in place, as things stand, the entourage of doctors and scientists and anti-doping agents and bosses who contributed to the downfall of an athlete.<\/p>\n<p>There is also a question left for FINA to answer: Doping Rule DC 10.8 requires the federation to cancel all results from the date of the offence, which was September 4-5, 2018. As such, Sun Yang should forfeit his 2019 World titles over 200m and 400m freestyle. However, the CAS ruling specifically says that given a lack of evidence of actual doping in September 2018, the rule for cancellation of results should kick in from this day of the CAS judgment. Sun would also escape under the rule that allows cancellation of results achieved up to six months prior to an offence: February 28 leaves us at August 28, 2019 going back six months: a few weeks after Gwangju action and the controversy of podium protest by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-calls-gwangju-world-championships-great-success-but-silent-protests-unfortunate-in-closing-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>now-vindicated Mack Horton and Duncan Scott, both warned and heavily criticised by FINA,<\/strong><\/a> were history.<\/p>\n<p>Below\u00a0are the CAS decision; the statement from the <strong>World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)<\/strong> welcoming the verdict; and a backgrounder on the saga:<\/p>\n<h2>The CAS issued the following statement:<\/h2>\n<p><em>SUN YANG IS FOUND GUILTY OF A DOPING OFFENSE AND SANCTIONED WITH AN 8-YEAR PERIOD OF INELIGIBILITY<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lausanne, 28 February 2020 &#8211; The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeal filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Natation (FINA). As a consequence, Sun Yang (the Athlete) is sanctioned with an eight-year period of ineligibility, starting on the date of the CAS award.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Following a conflictual anti-doping test at the residence of Sun Yang in September 2018 which resulted in the testing not being completed, the matter was initially referred to the FINA Doping Panel (FINA DP) which found that the International Standard for Testing and Investigations (ISTI), the protocol adopted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for the conduct of doping controls, had not been properly followed. Therefore, the FINA DP invalidated the sample collection. As a consequence, the FINA DP determined that the athlete had not committed an anti-doping rule violation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>WADA filed an appeal at CAS against that decision, asserting that Sun Yang had voluntarily refused to submit to sample collection and requesting that a period of ineligibility between a minimum 2 years and maximum 8 years be imposed on him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The arbitration on appeal was referred to a panel of CAS arbitrators, composed of <strong>Judge Franco Frattini (Italy), President, Mr Romano F. Subiotto QC (Belgium\/UK) and Prof. Philippe Sands QC (UK),<\/strong> which held a hearing on 15 November 2019. Further to the parties\u2019 request, the hearing was conducted in public.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The CAS Panel unanimously determined, to its comfortable satisfaction, that the Athlete violated Article 2.5 FINA DC (Tampering with any part of Doping Control). In particular, the Panel found that the personnel in charge of the doping control complied with all applicable requirements as set out in the ISTI. More specifically, the Athlete failed to establish that he had a compelling justification to destroy his sample collection containers and forego the doping control when, in his opinion, the collection protocol was not in compliance with the ISTI. As the Panel noted, it is one thing, having provided a blood sample, to question the accreditation of the testing personnel while keeping the intact samples in the possession of the testing authorities; it is quite another thing, after lengthy exchanges and warnings as to the consequences, to act in such a way that results in destroying the sample containers, thereby eliminating any chance of testing the sample at a later stage.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Considering that, in June 2014, the Athlete was found guilty of a first anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), the Panel concluded that, in accordance with Article 10.7.1 FINA DC, an eight-year period of ineligibility, starting on the date of the CAS award, has to be imposed on the Athlete for this second ADRV.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Considering <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>that FINA refrained from seeking the imposition of a provisional suspension on the Athlete when charging him with an anti-doping rule violation<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>that doping tests performed on the Athlete shortly before and after the aborted doping control in September 2018 were negative, and<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>that in the absence of any evidence that the Athlete may have engaged in doping activity since 4 September 2018, including on the occasion of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in July 2019, the results achieved by the Athlete in the period prior to the CAS award being issued should not be disqualified.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Arbitral Award will be published on the CAS website in a few days, unless the parties agree that it should remain confidential.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WADA issued the following statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_309715\" style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309715\" data-attachment-id=\"309715\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wada-publishes-independent-observer-report-from-2018-pyeongchang-olympics\/wada-2018-independent-observers-report\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wada-2018-independent-observers-report.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,514\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wada-2018-independent-observers-report\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5\/15\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\nwada-2018-independent-observers-report&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Play True &#8211; Photo Courtesy: WADA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wada-2018-independent-observers-report-700x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wada-2018-independent-observers-report.png\" class=\" wp-image-309715\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wada-2018-independent-observers-report-700x500.png\" alt=\"wada-2018-independent-observers-report\" width=\"277\" height=\"198\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-309715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Play True &#8211; Photo Courtesy: WADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Montreal, 28 February 2020 \u2013 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) welcomes the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in relation to WADA\u2019s appeal against the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de Natation (FINA) disciplinary panel decision in relation to an incident that led to a doping control involving Chinese swimmer Sun Yang not being completed as planned.<\/p>\n<p>WADA had lodged the appeal on the basis that Sun Yang voluntarily refused to submit to sample collection as per the terms of the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and the related International Standard for Testing and Investigations. WADA notes the sanction handed down by CAS and is satisfied that justice in this case has been rendered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WADA Director General Olivier Niggli<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWADA decided to appeal the original FINA ruling having carefully reviewed it and having concluded that there were a number of points that seemed to be incorrect under the Code. Today\u2019s CAS ruling confirms those concerns and is a significant result. We will now need to take time to review the decision in full, and we will continue to review diligently all anti-doping decisions taken by Code Signatories to ensure they are in line with the Code and, when warranted, to exercise our independent right of appeal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>The Background<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sun Yang<\/strong> was handed an eight-year ban after a panel of three senior CAS judges upheld the charge of &#8220;tampering&#8221; brought by WADA<\/p>\n<p>At a hearing in Montreux last November, WADA challenged a January 2019 ruling by a three-man FINA Doping Panel to issue only a caution to Sun, 28, over a four-hour argument that raged through the night with out-of-competition anti-doping testers outside his home in Zheijiang Province in September 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The FINA decision was to have been kept private but<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/olympic-champion-sun-yang-abuses-drugtesters-flgppztl3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> a <em>Sunday Times<\/em> report by this author on January 27<\/a> last year revealed the severity of the caution handed to Sun &#8211; and promoted WADA to delve more deeply before it lodged a case with CAS last March.<\/p>\n<p>The swimmer, who failed to deliver a urine sample on the night of September 4-5, 2018, submitted to a blood test, signed off the sample but was then, two hours into the session when his doctor, Ba Zhen, arrived, party to arguments that led to a security guard being asked by Sun&#8217;s mother Ming Yang, to fetch a hammer.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sun and the CAS hearing, the blood sample has been removed from the chain of custody by <strong>Dr Ba Zhen,<\/strong> who was twice penalised for supplying a banned substance to Sun in 2014 &#8211; once for the offence and then a second penalty for having worked with Sun at the Asian Games at a time he should have been serving a suspension.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_402217\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402217\" class=\" wp-image-402217\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SUNYANG6-700x500.jpeg\" alt=\"SUNYANG6\" width=\"280\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-402217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sun Yang and his legal team arrive for the hearing, FINA counsel to the left &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Craig Lord<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once the Sun entourage had taken the sample back from testers, the outer casing of the vial was smashed with the hammer by the security guard as Sun shone his smartphone torch on proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>Sun and his lead team had argued that the three testing officers who arrived at his home had not presented valid proof of identity and authority. This was rejected by the CAS judges.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they sided with WADA lead counsel Richard Young, who stunned the CAS hearing when he revealed what WADA aimed to catch Sun for:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Tearing up the form, smashing the bottle, I mean that is pretty sensational but he was nailed on a tampering violation before any of that happened.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sun&#8217;s penalty is the first eight-year ban to be imposed on China since then-deputy head coach to the country, Zhao Ming was barred for the same period in the wake of the China Crisis of the 1990s, when more than 60 swimmers, all barring a couple teenagers, tested positive for a range of banned substances, including steroids, human growth hormone, blood booster EPO and diuretics.<\/p>\n<p>Remaining questions revolve around Sun&#8217;s entourage and what penalties they may face, though the Chinese Swimming Association said that it would support Sun&#8217;s appeal to the highest Swiss court. That case is unlikely to be heard before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where Sun had hoped to defend the 200m freestyle title he claimed in Rio in 2016.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_402367\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-402367\" class=\" wp-image-402367\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sunyangmon3-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Sunyangmon3\" width=\"160\" height=\"114\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-402367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brent Rychener &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Craig Lord<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Montreux at the hearing last November, WADA Counsel Richard Young referred to &#8220;concerns over intimidation and protection issues&#8221;, while his co-counsel Brent Rychener highlighted several times in cross-examination of witnesses the threats and warnings, as he described them, made by members of Sun&#8217;s entourage to the testing officers, including exchanges involving the swimmer&#8217;s mother, the head of the Chinese Swimming Association and two doctors, namely, <strong>Dr Ba Zhen, a man twice-penalised by WADA in 2014-15, and Dr. Han Zhaoqi, head of the Zheijang Anti-Doping Centre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those characters, among others in the Sun Yang story, go unmentioned in the overview CAS ruling but there is a case, giver that Sun said that it was Dr Ba Zhen \u00a0who had taken the blood vial back from the chain of command, for imposing a third and final penalty on a doctor described by a source close to the international federation as &#8220;more dismissive of the WADA Code than is healthy for any athlete or sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sun Yang\u00a0Verdict: WADA Vs Sun Yang &amp; FINA at\u00a0the Court of Arbitration for Sport Sun Yang\u00a0&#8216;s swimming career is over. 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