Chinese swimmer and triple Olympic champion Sun Yang won a huge victory seven months before the Tokyo Olympics with Switzerland’s top court overturning an eight-year doping ban.
The 29-year-old — the first Chinese swimmer to win Olympic gold — will now have a chance to state his case again at a second hearing by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), based in the Swiss city of Lausanne, before the Tokyo games next year.
He is now free to compete until his case is heard again, meaning he could aim to defend his 200m title in the delayed Olympic games.
The swimmer is accused of destroying a blood vial with a hammer when collectors visited his home in September 2018 during…
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