Sun Yang: why is China's star swimmer missing Tokyo 2020 Olympics? | South China Morning Post

Chinaࢀ™s triple Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang will not be in Tokyo next month to defend the 200m crown he won at the Rio 2016 Games. Despite being handed a reduced ban (four years and three months) by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday, the censure rules him out of the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the Asian Games next year, which will be held in his hometown of Hangzhou. So how did we get here, to the point where one of Chinaࢀ™s greatest Olympians and most decorated swimmers in history is left in career limbo? Here is…