Former Olympic champion Sun Yang handed eight-year ban for anti-doping breach

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Former Olympic champion Sun Yang handed eight-year ban for anti-doping breach

Beijing, Feb 28: Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang has been given an eight-year ban for breaching anti-doping regulations.

The sanction was handed down on Friday (February 28) after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) appeal against the decision from FINA, the international swimming federation, to clear Sun of wrongdoing over allegations stemming from a visit to his home by out-of-competition testers in September 2018.

CAS determined the 28-year-old violated rules relating to "tampering with any part of doping control" and imposed the maximum sentence requested by WADA.

Story first published: Friday, February 28, 2020, 17:22 [IST]

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Former Olympic champion Sun Yang handed eight-year ban for anti-doping breach

Three-time Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang has been handed an eight-year ban for breaching anti-doping regulations.