Chinese swimmer Sun Yang loses his final appeal against doping ban at Swiss court
- Swiss Federal Tribunal dismisses three-time Olympic champion’s appeal against last year’s Court of Arbitration for Sport verdict
- Sun had been banned for more than four years following confrontational incident with sample collection officers at home in China
Three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang has lost his final appeal against a ban for violating anti-doping rules, Switzerland’s highest court said on Friday.
The Swiss Federal Tribunal dismissed the Chinese swimmer’s appeal against last year’s Court of Arbitration for Sport verdict on legal process grounds.
Sun had been banned – after a retrial at CAS – for more than four years following a confrontational incident with sample collection officers at his home in China. The ban, which forced him to miss the Tokyo Olympics, expires in May 2024, just before the Paris Games.
The CAS ruling “does not violate fundamental principles of public order, nor was Sun Yang’s right to be heard infringed,” the Swiss court said in a statement, adding it “did not enter into the merits of the athlete’s further objections”.
Sun was ordered to pay legal costs of 15,000 Swiss francs (US$16,300).
