Sun Yang responds to CAS ban – ‘I won’t give up,’ says China swim star ruled out of Tokyo Olympics
- Triple Olympic champion says he ‘will definitely add oil’ and that he is in good condition
- Comments are first the 29-year-old has made on the issue since original verdict last February
In a WeChat conversation with a journalist from The Paper, a Shanghai-based digital newspaper, Sun said “I’ll definitely jiayou [add oil] and won’t give up”, their website reported.
To “add oil” – as with the Cantonese term gayau – has become an all-purpose cheer in China, especially in the sporting world.
The 29-year-old triple Olympic champion, who will no longer defend his Rio 2016 crown at the delayed Tokyo Games this summer, added that “I’m actually in a very good condition” but it was unclear if this means mentally or physically.
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Sun added a clenched fist emoji in his WeChat reply to The Paper’s Qi Dong in his first comments on the matter since a Weibo post on the original hearing verdict in February, 2020.
