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Sun Yang is free to swim and the Court of Arbitration is on notice – ABC News
It’s a landmark case that is far from over with questions that go to the very heart of anti-doping, sports justice and athletes’ rights, writes Tracey Holmes.
The Swiss Federal Supreme Court’s decision to set aside the eight-year ban given in February to Chinese world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has made headlines around the globe.
It’s a landmark case that is far from over with questions that go to the very heart of anti-doping, sports justice and athletes’ rights.
The decision is monumental in two ways.
Firstly, it’s not impossible but extremely rare for the Swiss court to set aside findings of the Court of Arbitration (CAS). It does not…
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