[Body Road News]Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, who is serving a prison sentence, lost his final appeal in the Swiss Federal Court on Friday (4th) for violating drug testing regulations. Suspended until the end of May 2024, that is, two months before the 2024 Paris Olympics.
According to reports, the Swiss Federal Court rejected Sun Yang’s appeal against the judgment of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last year, citing legal procedures. The Swiss Federal Court said in a statement that the CAS ruling “did not violate the basic principles of public order, and Sun Yang’s right to be heard was not violated,” adding that the ruling “did not serve as a reason for the athlete to appeal further.” After Sun Yang loses the lawsuit, he needs to pay 15,000 Swiss francs (about 128,000 Hong Kong dollars) in legal fees.
Sun Yang was accused of non-cooperation in a surprise drug test in September 2018.refusing to provide a urine sampleIn addition, he instructed the bodyguard to smash the blood samples drawn, and the surprise drug test was ultimately unsuccessful. FINA initially stated that the drug test was invalid and that Sun Yang did not violate the World Anti-Doping Organization (WADA) regulations. However, two months later WADA was dissatisfied with the ruling and appealed to CAS. At that time, Sun Yang was sentenced to the maximum penalty. 8-year ban.
After the Chinese swimmer who won three Olympic gold medalsAppeal to the Swiss Federal Courtand challenged its neutrality by claiming that the chairman of CAS, Franco Frattini, once published remarks against Chinese people on personal social platforms. The final grounds were accepted by the Swiss Federal Court.Get a suspension order.The case was later returned for retrial, and CAS still ruled that Sun Yang evaded, refused or failed to submit samples, and sentenced him toBanned for 4 years and 3 months(51 months), a substantial reduction of nearly half from the original 8-year sentence.
Sun Yang’s suspension order will be implemented from February 28, 2020, so his suspension period will end on May 31, 2024. The 2024 Paris Olympics will be unveiled on July 26 that year, that is, Sun Yang will only be able to return two months before the Paris Olympics.When Sun Yang, 30, was interviewed by domestic media in August last year, he revealed that as early as 2020, he had alreadythought of retiringI only face it with a normal heart as to whether I can play in the Paris Olympics.
Source: Comprehensive foreign media
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