Sun Yang’s Reckoning Set For Morning Of Friday, February 28th

by Retta Race 28

February 27th, 2020 Asia, Europe, International, News

The Court Arbitration for Sport (CAS) says it will announce the decision on the Sun Yang case tomorrow, Friday, February 28th at 10 am local time (Swiss). The decision will be published on the CAS website, www.tas-cas.org, while the Secretary-General will also announce the decision in person in front of the CAS headquarters in a short statement to the media.

 

Sun’s case stems from a September 2018 out-of-competition doping control test. The Chinese Olympic champ challenged the credentials of the doping control officers and did not provide a urine sample. His challenge of the testers authorization caused a dispute over a blood sample he’d already given that night, and the sample was ultimately destroyed by one of Sun’s guards while removing it from the secure container.

You can check out this story for links and summation of our coverage of the incident, stretching back more than a year.

FINA originally sought a ban against Sun, but an independent FINA doping panel cleared him. WADA appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which had a fully public hearing last November. The CAS decision has been delayed by translation issues from that hearing.

Just yesterday, the Associated Press reported that FINA supported an appeal by Sun Yang that would have thrown out his anti-doping case before his November Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appeal hearing.

The AP reported that federal court documents show an appeal by Sun’s lawyers alleging a conflict of interest with WADA lead prosecutor Richard Young. Young had previously worked on FINA’s legal commission but resigned from that post in February 2019. According to The Associated Press, Sun’s attorneys – supported by FINA – accused Young of having a conflict of interest and appealed to the Swiss Federal Tribunal. Had Young been removed from the case over the alleged conflict, the WADA appeal could have missed a deadline, allowing CAS to decline to hear the appeal and leave Sun free from any sanctions.

Jared Anderson contributed to this report.

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Troyy
Reply to  67King
4 years ago

Holy sh*t! There’s sure to be some fallout from this.

AfterShock
4 years ago

I set my alarm for 10:00 am Swiss time.

Verram
4 years ago

See you in Tokyo Sun Yang .. $$$

Hail
Reply to  Verram
4 years ago

Money exactly

Sam
4 years ago

the only outcome of the Sun Yang story is that everyone has to behave respectfully with Sun Yang in and around and outside the pool, no funny business on the podium, otherwise they will be punished.
“They” meaning everyone but Sun Yang

DSP_MAN
Reply to  Sam
4 years ago

“They” means all those sore losers !

Ol' Longhorn
4 years ago

Is it Pay-Per-View?

RenéDescartes
Reply to  Ol' Longhorn
4 years ago

FINA-TV $79.99

Swammer from Wakanda
Reply to  RenéDescartes
4 years ago

Plus tax

Brian M
4 years ago

Spoiler Alert!

Nothing will happen, Sun will be cleared of any wrongdoing. If you can’t see that the fix is already in, you are not paying attention.

Ol' Longhorn
Reply to  Brian M
4 years ago

WITCH HUNT!!!

applesandoranges
4 years ago

My worthless prediction: no sanctions on Sun, or if there are, they’ll be minor and he will be able to swim in Tokyo.

FCoach
Reply to  applesandoranges
4 years ago

Exactly

Yozhik
Reply to  applesandoranges
4 years ago

The would be no Tokyo for him. All flights from China are banned. I’m actually wondering what if the COVID-19 gets contained globally but there will be still significant packets in some countries, will these counties be allowed to participate in Olympic Games.

John
Reply to  Yozhik
4 years ago

Still too early to make that statement

Troyy
Reply to  Yozhik
4 years ago

The athletes could be screened and/or quarantined before being allowed to participate.

AuggieBuschFan
4 years ago

Free Sun Yang!

Yozhik
Reply to  AuggieBuschFan
4 years ago

You have to lock him first and then only go on the streets with this slogan. 😀

carlo
Reply to  AuggieBuschFan
4 years ago

Free California and texas. Hooray to independence. Lol

Ever heard of calexit ?

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