Chinese alleged drug cheat swimmer Sun Yang s eight-year doping ban has been overturned just months after it was handed down.
The 29-year-old was found guilty by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February of refusing to cooperate with sample collectors during a visit to his home in 2018.
Australian swimmer Mack Horton famously refused to share a podium with Yang at the World Championships in South Korea in July 2019 - frustrated he could still compete despite facing cheating allegations.
But Yang has now successfully challenged the ruling with the World Anti-Doping Agency, giving him the chance to state his case again at a second CAS hearing before the July 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Swimming: Sun s doping ban referred back to CAS after appeal
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Shock reason behind sports doping ban being overturned In an incredible development, the Chinese swimmer has had his eight-year ban thrown out because of alleged bias.
Swimming by Nic Savage & Jai Bednall 24th Dec 2020 9:23 AM Sun Yang s eight-year doping ban has been spectacularly overturned on appeal. In a decision that will rock swimming - in particular in Australia where the Chinese freestyle champion has become a villain - Sun has won the right to have his case reheard before next year s Olympics. The 29-year-old successfully challenged the neutrality of one of the members of the panel that effectively ended his professional career at a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing in February.