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Sun Yang (Doping) – April Edition of Swimming World Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following Voice for the Sport<\/strong>\u00a0column appeared in the April issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/strong>. In light of China’s Sun Yang being included on a roster list<\/a> for an upcoming Chinese Swimming Association training camp, it seemed appropriate to run the column for our online readership.<\/em><\/p>\n

In the early hours of a September 2018 morning, a hammer \u2013 wielded by a security guard \u2013 crashed down on the outer casing of a vial containing the blood of Sun Yang<\/strong>, multiple-time Olympic and world champion. Gone were the chances of testing the sample, and present was a reasonable question: Why would someone act in such a way if there was nothing to hide?<\/p>\n

Ultimately, we will never know if the doping sample that was provided, then destroyed, proved Sun to be a clean or dirty athlete. What we do know is that during an evening in which IDTM testers were rebuffed in their efforts to test the Chinese freestyle star, actions were taken by Sun\u2019s camp that violated several anti-doping rules, including chain of custody and tampering.<\/p>\n

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In February 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport swung its own hammer, and dropped the head of that mallet on the career of Sun. In a verdict that was more than two months in the making, the CAS provided a boost for clean sport. It validated the actions of Mack<\/strong> Horton<\/strong> and Duncan Scott<\/strong>. It noted that smugness and failure to comply with doping regulations will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt 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,\u201d the CAS verdict read. \u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And so, Sun Yang has been booted from the deck of international competitions, barring a successful \u2013 albeit highly unlikely \u2013 appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal. There will be no defense of his Olympic crown in the 200 freestyle. There will be no concern over boorish behavior in the warmup pool. There will be no stink in the air, an aroma that followed Sun \u2013 especially in the eyes of fellow athletes \u2013 following his 2014 positive test for a banned stimulant.<\/p>\n

The original plan following the events of that late night\/early morning conflict between Sun and doping control was for the case to be thrown out. The FINA<\/a> Doping Panel indicated that proper protocol was not followed and, therefore, invalidated the sample collection. That address by the sport\u2019s international governing body, which was exposed by Craig Lord<\/strong> in the The Sunday Times<\/em> (UK), did not sit well with the World Anti-Doping Agency, which appealed the case to the CAS. In the end, a three-person CAS panel found protocols were properly followed and it was Sun who was in the wrong and, coupled with his previous suspension, was a two-time violator.<\/p>\n

The verdict also justified the actions of Horton and Scott at last summer\u2019s World Championships, when the Aussie and Brit refused to stand on the medals podium next to Sun. Never mind it was Sun who had the tarnished history, FINA sniped at these upstanding athletes for making political statements. How sad.<\/p>\n

But now, the sun has set on Sun Yang. He is free to race a pal in a hotel pool, but he will not race where it matters, on an international stage against the best in the world \u2013 Horton and Duncan among them. First, WADA stepped to the forefront, unwilling to accept the FINA Doping Panel\u2019s viewpoint on the evening in question. Then the CAS delivered justice, providing a win for all athletes who operate within the rules.<\/p>\n

History will remember Sun Yang not for his accomplishments in the pool, but for his dual violations of the anti-doping code. For someone with that kind of baggage, there is only one appropriate comment: Good riddance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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