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Jon Rudd<\/strong>, vice-president of the World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA)<\/strong>, says “the sport has been rescued” after the Court of Arbitration for Sport<\/strong> (CAS)<\/strong> handed an eight-year ban to Sun Yang.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ban, which is not backdated and starts today, effectively ends the controversial career of the Chinese triple Olympic champion.<\/p>\n

Sun, who is 28, now has one option and that is to challenge the CAS verdict at the Swiss Federal Court, the highest legal authority in Switzerland where CAS and world swimming governing body FINA are based.<\/p>\n

Rudd, who is at the forefront of the establishment of the European arm of the WSCA, praised CAS for reaching a decision of such magnitude after the incident in September 2018 which warranted only a warning from FINA.<\/p>\n

He told Swimming World:<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s absolutely just and anything else we\u2019d have all felt deflated today I think.<\/p>\n

“Absolute hats off to CAS for coming to a decision that I think the vast majority of us would have felt was the kind of decision that they should come to.<\/p>\n

“We were in fear that we weren\u2019t going to get that because of the nature of this individual and the other shenanighans and wheelings and dealings that have gone on in the past with him still being in the pool.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rudd added:<\/p>\n

“The sport has been rescued: it\u2019s literally that big.<\/p>\n

“The sport has been rescued by that decision because if we hadn\u2019t had that and we were looking at a small, insignificant ban or even we were potentially getting the FINA decision being upheld, the credibility of this sport and sport as we know it was in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

“How could any athlete walk into an international arena and feel secure that those that are the custodians of the sport were working in their best interests?<\/p>\n

“This has rescued the sport at international level. We can go back to Mack Horton<\/strong> and Duncan Scott<\/strong> and the bitterness that everybody was feeling at the World Championships.<\/p>\n

“A huge sour taste in the vast majority of people\u2019s mouths. The sport was tainted and well done WADA for taking it to CAS and well done CAS for making the decision. You have rescued the sport that we all love.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rudd did though question the gulf between FINA’s original decision and the one reached by CAS.<\/p>\n

“There are three key protagonists in this case: FINA, WADA and CAS.<\/p>\n

“Two of those protagonists came to one conclusion which were WADA and CAS in that he shouldn\u2019t have been in the pool and the other one was not aligned with that.<\/p>\n

“And the question we now have to ask is why is there not alignment between the three?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So too for the former Plymouth Leander coach who has achieved success from grassroots to Olympics, was there a keenly-felt joy for everyone involved on poolside who help swimmers become the best version of themselves.<\/p>\n

“I’m happy to say it as a coach and someone that loves this sport and for people like me who get out of bed at ridiculous times every morning and work all day and all weekend, week after week, year after year.<\/p>\n

“To do that to try and help athletes achieve the best that they can, that pursuit of personal excellence. That’s what we’re about – we’re those facilitators.<\/p>\n

“For all us – I would suggest – is huge news because it means now that at least somewhere in CAS – that final layer of hope and security that we have, they have been firm and resolute and thank goodness that they have.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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