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Second Sun Yang Hearing With CAS Scheduled For May 24-28 Via Video Conference

Sun Yang‘s return to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will take place during the week of May 24-28 with a hearing conducted over video conference.

CAS announced the details today in a press release which you can read here. An entirely new panel of three will hear the re-trying of the case. Hans Nater of Switzerland is the panel’s president and Jan Paulsson of France and Bernard Hanotiau of Belgium will also serve on the panel.

The president of the previous panel was removed after making racist remarks against China on social media. The other two members of the panel stepped down.

The hearing is the next step in a complex and winding legal process stemming from a September 2018 out-of-competition anti-doping test in which Chinese distance swimming star Sun challenged the credentials and authorization of doping control workers.

Sun was first cleared by an independent anti-doping panel within FINA. He was then banned for 8 years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. A Swiss Federal Tribunal accepted one of Sun’s appeals, overturning the CAS ban and sending the case back for a new hearing in front of a new CAS panel.

Here’s a summarized timeline of events in the case:

The May hearing will take place over video. The panel will not announce an award at the conclusion of the hearing, but at a later date.

The late-May timeline is significant given the case will have major ramifications on Sun’s eligibility to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, which start on July 24 – just two months after Sun’s second hearing.

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James Guy
3 years ago

Ban him

Monteswim
Reply to  James Guy
3 years ago

Is this the real James Guy?

Verram
3 years ago

Any bets going that he will be allowed to compete in Tokyo 2020 olympics ?

isn’t China providing free vaccines to Olympic athletes as well?

perfect timing to me … stars aligning

Bobby
3 years ago

Good luck Sun Yang amidst all the top-down anti-Asian hysteria and violence; wishing you the best in these very dark times.

Field vs. diving
3 years ago

The rmb needs to be the global currency. Time for peace. Or the euro. Anything but the US dollar. And I’m from California

Troyy
3 years ago

I really hope the decision is announced before the games. It took a fairly long time to be announced last time if I remember right

bro
3 years ago

this one is pretty good, well played!

Coach Mike 1952
Reply to  bro
3 years ago

Check other media sources – this is not fake news or an April 1 joke.

Lionson
3 years ago

Interessant! ))

MKW
3 years ago

….April Fools??

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