Switzerland’s top court has overturned an eight-year doping ban on Chinese swimmer Sun Yang
FILE - In this July 26, 2019, file photo, China's Sun Yang leaves the pool deck following the men's 4x200m freestyle relay heats at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. The World Anti-Doping Agency says a Swiss court has overturned an eight-year doping ban against Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and ordered the case back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for a second time but with a different chairman of the judges. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Geneva, Dec 24 (AFP/APP): Switzerland’s top court has overturned an eight-year doping ban on Chinese swimmer Sun Yang imposed by the Court of Arbitration of Sport in February, a court statement said Thursday.
The decision comes seven months before the Tokyo Olympics and is welcome news for the triple Olympic champion.
“The Swiss Federal Supreme Court approved the request by the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang for revision of the arbitral award of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne dated 28 February 2020.
On the grounds of bias of one of the arbitrators of the CAS,” it said. “The award of the CAS is set aside.
The CAS will have to render a new award in the case of Sun Yang in a different composition of the panel,” it said.
Stay tuned to Baaghi TV for updates and more news!
