Sun Yang

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 'New butterfly queen' Zhang Yufei boosts China's swimming hopes

She clocked 2:05.44 in the women's 200m butterfly, easily the fastest time in the world this year, and also blitzed the rest of the field to win 100m fly and 50m freestyle gold.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Controversial swimmer Sun Yang given green signal to participate in Games

Sun Yang, who is fighting to save his career after a doping controversy, has been given new hope of competing at the Olympics after China said reigning world champions were eligible for Tokyo.

Swiss court overturns doping ban on Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, says WADA

At stake in a second CAS hearing would be Yang’s chance to compete at the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics now set for July 2021.

Chinese swimmer Sun Yang lodges appeal at Swiss federal court to overturn eight-year ban, says report

Sun was banned by the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in March after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed against a decision to clear him of wrongdoing during a 2018 doping test.

Sun Yang’s coach Denis Cotterell parts ways with tainted Chinese swimmer, says won’t support his appeal at Swiss court

Sun Yang’s coach Denis Cotterell has cut ties with the Chinese Olympic champion following the swimmer’s eight-year ban for doping, Australian media reported on Sunday.

Court of Arbitration for Sport criticises Chinese swimmer Sun Yang for lack of remorse in doping case

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) criticised Chinese swimmer Sun Yang for showing “no regret” for his actions during an aborted doping test that resulted in an eight-year ban for the Olympic champion.

South Africa's Olympics gold-medallist swimmer Chad le Clos says he always knew Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was cheating

Sun, a multiple world and Olympic champion, was banned for eight years last Friday for missing an out-of-competition test in 2018

Sun Yang's eight-year doping ban a 'statement to the world', says Australian swimmer Mack Horton

Mack Horton says the eight-year doping ban handed out to his rival Sun Yang, who the Australian swimmer once famously described as a “drug cheat”, was a statement to the world about clean sport.

China's double-Olympics gold medallist swimmer, Sun Yang, handed eight-year ban by Court of Arbitration for Sport

A FINA report said Sun questioned the credentials of the testers before members of his entourage smashed vials containing his blood samples with a hammer

Translation issues plague early stages of swimmer Sun Yang's hearing at Court of Arbitration for Sports

Sun has been cleared of wrongdoing by swimming governing body FINA over his conduct during a random drug test in September last year, but the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has appealed to CAS against that ruling