Sun Yang is a swimmer who has competed for China. He qualified for the Chinese swimming team at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympic Games. At London 2012, he became the first-ever Chinese male swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal, dominating the men's 400 and 1500 metres freestyle. He also tied for the silver with Park Tae-hwan in the men's 200 metres freestyle and added a bronze as an anchor swimmer of the Chinese team in the men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay. With two golds, a silver, and a bronze, Sun was named the most decorated Chinese male swimmer in Olympic history and became the first to strike the 400 and 1500 double since Vladimir Salnikov attained this feat in Moscow 1980.
Sun continued his success in Rio de Janeiro 2016 with another gold-medal triumph in the men's 200 metres freestyle, becoming the first-ever swimmer in history to claim titles in the 200, 400, and 1500 metres freestyle events until Kathleen Ledecky attained the same feat on the women's side. In 2017, NBC Sports described him as "arguably the greatest freestyle swimmer of all time".[1]
In September 2018, Sun was involved in an incident during an out-of-competition anti-doping test at his home. FINA concluded that Sun did not commit an anti-doping rule violation. On 28 February 2020, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivered its findings, overturning FINA's decision and banning Sun for eight years for tampering with the doping control process. However, CAS also ruled that Sun would not officially lose any of his medals because "doping tests performed on the athlete shortly before and after the aborted doping control in September 2018 were negative" and "in the absence of any evidence that the athlete may have engaged in doping activity since 4 September 2018, including on the occasion of the FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea in July 2019, the results achieved by the Athlete in the period before the CAS award being issued should not be disqualified".[2][3][4][5] On 22 June 2021, after the retrial of the case, the CAS upheld the ban but reduced the suspension time to 4 years and three months.[6]
Olympic Results[]
Year | Event | Rank |
---|---|---|
2008 | Men's 400m freestyle | 28th |
Men's 1500m freestyle | 8th | |
Men's 4x200m freestyle relay | 10th | |
2012 | Men's 200m freestyle | |
Men's 400m freestyle | ||
Men's 1500m freestyle | ||
Men's 4x200m freestyle relay | ||
2016 | Men's 200m freestyle | |
Men's 400m freestyle | ||
Men's 1500m freestyle | 16th |
2008[]
Discipline | Round | Time |
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400 metres freestyle | Heats | 3:50.90 |
Final | Did not advance | |
1500 metres freestyle | Heats | 14:48.39 |
Final | 15:05.12 | |
4x200 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 7:13.57 (1:48.73 split) |
Final | Did not advance |
2012[]
Discipline | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
200 metres freestyle | Heats | 1:46.24 | |
Semifinal | 1:45.61 | ||
Final | 1:44.93 | NR | |
400 metres freestyle | Heats | 3:45.07 | |
Final | 3:40.14 | OR, AR | |
1500 metres freestyle | Heats | 14:43.25 | |
Final | 14:31.02 | WR | |
4x200 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 7:11.35 (Reserve) |
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Final | 7:06.30 (1:45.55 split) |
2016[]
Discipline | Round | Time |
---|---|---|
200 metres freestyle | Heats | 1:45.75 |
Semifinal | 1:44.63 | |
Final | 1:44.65 | |
400 metres freestyle | Heats | 3:44.23 |
Final | 3:41.68 | |
1500 metres freestyle | Heats | 15:01.97 |
Final | Did not advance |
References[]
- ↑ "Swimming World Magazine Announces 2018 Pacific Rim Swimmers of the Year", Swimming World Magazine, 29 November 2018. Retrieved on 12 August 2023.
- ↑ "'Lies and false evidence': Lawyer shreds Sun Yang's eight-year ban ruling", Fox Sports, 29 February 2020. Retrieved on 8 July 2022.
- ↑ "Sun Yang is found guilty of a doping offense and sanctioned with an 8-year period of ineligibility", Court of Arbitration for Sport, 29 February 2020. Retrieved on 1 March 2020.
- ↑ "Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years for breaking anti-doping rules", ABC News, 28 February 2020.
- ↑ "Sun Yang: Eight-year ban for Chinese Olympic champion", BBC Sport, 28 February 2020. Retrieved on 28 February 2020.
- ↑ "CAS decision in the matter World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) v. Sun Yang and Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)", Court of Arbitration for Sport, 22 June 2021. Retrieved on 22 June 2021.