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March 02, 2020 18: 56:20
A prominent global anti-doping official has required Sun Yang to be removed of his 2019 world championships gold medals, while explaining the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) choice to ban the Chinese swimmer as being “justice finally served”.
Key points:
- Sun Yang was banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for eight years for breaking anti-doping guidelines
- United States Anti-Doping Agency president Travis Tygart said FINA must withdraw the medals won by Sun at last year’s world champions
- Mr Tygart states Sun’s CAS case must have been heard prior to the world championships were kept in South Korea
Last Friday the CAS prohibited Sun for 8 years for breaking anti-doping guidelines, with the three-time Olympic champion found guilty of declining to comply with sample collectors d