Swimming-Chinese swimmer Sun's doping ban reduced to four years, but will miss Tokyo Games


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06/22/2021 15:15 (Reuters) -Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has had his eight-year ban for doping violations reduced to four years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a statement https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Media_Release_6148_Decision_June21.pdf on Tuesday. The decision means Sun will miss the Tokyo Olympics later this year, but will be eligible for the Paris Games in 2024. Sun was banned for eight years by CAS in February 2020 after it accepted an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against a decision by swimming governing body FINA to clear him of wrongdoing for his conduct during a 2018 test. Sun appealed that...