Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against an eight-year ban for missing an out-of-competition doping test will take place in May with a new panel of judges
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against an eight-year ban for missing an out-of-competition doping test will take place in May with a new panel of judges
2 April 2021
The triple Olympic champion was banned by CAS last February after it accepted an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency against a decision by swimming governing body FINA to clear him of wrongdoing for his conduct during a 2018 test.
The swimmer appealed and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court in December upheld his challenge against the panel "on the grounds of bias of one of the arbitrators of the CAS".
© 2024 Newstalk ZB, NZCity
