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Tokyo 2020: Sun Yang CAS hearing to be held in private

  • China’s star swimmer faces new hearing over doping test, career hangs in balance as trial set to begin on May 25
  • ‘The CAS will announce the final decision once it is ready,’ says letter published by Chinese media

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China’s swimming star Sun Yang at his public hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in November 2019. Photo: AFP
Chinese swimming star Sun Yang’s upcoming trial at the Court of Arbitration for Sport will take place behind closed doors, domestic media reported.
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Citing a letter from the CAS press office, Sun’s hearing will be held in private via video link rather than a public hearing, which Sun requested for his original hearing in November 2019, as neither side asked for it to “be opened up to the public”.

“Accordingly, it will be conducted in private between the parties, exclusively by video conference, and the panel and the Court of Arbitration for Sport will not broadcast a live-stream or grant access.

“Furthermore, the CAS will not give any interviews in relation to the matter.”

China's Sun Yang poses with his gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Photo: AFP
China's Sun Yang poses with his gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Photo: AFP
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The new hearing – which comes after Sun’s original eight-year ban was overturned on appeal over concerns over the impartiality of panel president Franco Frattini – will begin on Tuesday, May 25.

CAS had said that the new hearing would take place from May 24 to 28, with the verdict to be delivered in due course.
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