Chinanews.com Client, February 28th. In the afternoon of Beijing time on the 28th, the International Sports Arbitration Tribunal (CAS: CAS) sued the International Anti-Doping Agency (hereinafter: WADA) against the International Swimming Federation (hereinafter: FINA) and Sun Yang. After making a judgment, Sun Yang lost the lawsuit and was suspended for 8 years. However, this is not a final decision, and the parties can appeal to the Swiss Federal Court within 30 days.
The entire incident originated from an off-race doping inspection against Sun Yang on September 4, 2018. Due to doubts about the qualification certificates presented by the inspectors, the inspection was not completed.
That night, three staff members of International Doping Inspection Management Company (IDTM) went to Sun Yang's residence to conduct an off-match anti-doping inspection. IDTM subsequently reported to the FINA that "Sun Yang violently inspected" and Sun Yang "He cooperated fully with the inspection, but there were multiple violations by the inspectors during the process."
On November 19, 2018, the FINA held a hearing on the matter in Lausanne, Switzerland. Sun Yang himself attended the hearing.
On January 3, 2019, the FINA Anti-Doping Committee issued a ruling: IDTM's doping inspection was invalid, and Sun Yang did not violate the World Anti-Doping Regulations, but its destruction of sampling was not desirable. .
On January 27, 2019, the British "Sunday Times" reported that "Olympic champion Sun Yang treats drug inspectors rudely", claiming that the swimming Olympic champion Sun Yang had smashed his hammer with a hammer because of conflict with doping testers Sealed blood sample bottles may face a life-long suspension.
On the afternoon of the same day, Sun Yang lawyer Zhang Qihuai issued a lawyer's statement on the matter, calling the article a false report, and publishing some details of the incident. The statement stated that IDTM staff had multiple violations during the entire inspection process when Sun Yang conducted an anti-doping inspection outside the competition.
On March 12, 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed to the International Sports Arbitration Tribunal over the FINA's ruling on the testing of Sun Yang's doping.
On November 15, 2019, the International Sports Arbitration Tribunal held a public hearing in Montreux, Switzerland, to hear the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal to Sun Yang and the FINA. The hearing started at 9 am local time and lasted until 7 pm. The whole journey took more than 10 hours.
After the hearing, Sun Yang first spoke, then witnesses from all parties provided testimony and accepted questions from the judges of the lawyers and the arbitration panel.
One month later, the International Sports Arbitration Tribunal announced that due to reasons such as inaccurate translations and the need for both parties to provide transcripts again, the arbitration results originally scheduled for release in early January will be postponed.
On February 28, Beijing time, the arbitration results of the "Sun Yang Case" were officially announced. Eventually, Sun Yang lost the lawsuit and was suspended for eight years.
However, the decision of this hearing is not the final result. The two parties can appeal to the Swiss Federal Court within 30 days for a final decision. (Finish)