Sun鈥檚 doping case heads to CAS
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A DOPING case involving Chinese swimmer Sun Yang is going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and could lead to a ban from competition, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed against a decision by swimming鈥檚 governing body to only give the three-time Olympic champion a warning in a case involving the destruction of a doping control sample, the Lausanne, Switzerland-based court said yesterday.
British newspaper the Sunday Times reported incidents involving Sun when a doping control official visited his home in east China鈥檚 Zhejiang Province last September. A vial of Sun鈥檚 blood was reportedly smashed with a hammer, and his entourage disputed the officials鈥 credentials.
CAS said it has not set a date for the hearing. It is unclear if the appeal case can be resolved before the swimming world championships in July in Gwangju, South Korea.
Citing the confidential legal process, WADA declined to say if it will seek a fast-track hearing. Sun鈥檚 legal team would also have to agree to speed up the process at CAS, which typically takes months to prepare cases.
The 27-year-old Sun served a three-month ban in 2014 for testing positive for a substance then classed as a stimulant.
Sun would face a more severe sanction for a second violation of doping rules.
The freestyle swimmer won gold at each of the past two Olympics, in the 400 meters and 1,500 meters at the 2012 London Games and in the 200 meters at the 2016 Rio Games.
Sun also won multiple individual gold medals at each of the past four world championships, which were unaffected by his previous ban.
FINA, the governing body of swimming, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
In January, FINA responded to the Sunday Times report by stating it was 鈥渘ot authorized to comment on the case. Moreover, FINA will not consider further speculation and hearsay on this matter.鈥
The swimmer was cleared of wrongdoing by FINA in January, according to Sun鈥檚 lawyers.
Sun failed to comply with the test requirements but a FINA doping panel cleared him of wrongdoing because testers for IDTM 鈥 the body which conducts tests 鈥 had breached several rules.
Those included failing to produce authorization letters and a nursing license, the lawyers said in a statement.
They also threatened legal action against the Sunday Times.
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