Chinanews Client, December 24th. In response to the Swiss Federal Court’s decision to support the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang’s application for a revised sentence and to revoke the CAS (International Sports Arbitration Tribunal) panel’s eight-year ban ruling on him in February this year, the world opposes Yang Yang, vice chairman of the Doping Agency (WADA), said on the 24th that the World Anti-Doping Agency has only received a brief message and will conduct further communication after receiving more details.
Yang Yang made the above statement in an interview with CCTV.
She said, “According to the statement of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the Swiss Federal Court supported Sun Yang’s team’s doubts about the chairman of the International Sports Arbitration Panel. Next, the case will be returned to the International Sports Arbitration Tribunal, where the new chairman will lead the arbitration. The team conducts the trial. The World Anti-Doping Agency has only received a brief message so far and has not yet seen the details of the entire judgment. When more details are received, further communication will be conducted."
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On February 28 this year, the International Court of Arbitration for Sports announced that Chinese swimming star Sun Yang had failed to comply with the regulations of the World Anti-Doping Agency and decided to ban Sun Yang for eight years.
Sun Yang subsequently appealed to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court.
According to the news published on the website of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on the 23rd local time, it has been informed that the Swiss Federal Court has decided to support the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang’s application for revision of the sentence and revoked the CAS (Tribunal for International Sports Arbitration) panel in February this year. The suspension ruling made.
WADA wrote in its statement:
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has learned that the Swiss Federal Court has decided to support the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's application for a revised sentence and revoke the ban.
The Swiss Federal Court of Justice challenged the trial judge of the International Sports Arbitration Tribunal, but did not comment on the substance of the case.
In the CAS ruling, WADA clearly prevailed. It can prove that many aspects of the initial FINA ruling were incorrect under the World Anti-Doping Regulations and related testing standards. After the case was returned to the International Sports Arbitration Tribunal, the statement continued. position.
At this stage, the World Anti-Doping Agency has not yet received a sufficiently rational ruling from the court and therefore cannot comment further.