Sun Yang: Chinese swim star out of Tokyo Olympics after ban from Court of Arbitration for Sport


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China’s star swimmer, Sun Yang, will miss the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games next month after the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned him for four years and three months over a disputed doping test in 2018. Sun – the reigning 200m freestyle gold medallist – was originally banned for eight years by CAS following a 2019 hearing before that ruling was overturned. The new verdict, which is backdated to last February, could see Sun return for the Paris 2024 Games, by which time he will be 32. Sun’s original ban, given after a hearing that proved controversial, was overturned after...