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Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 10:55
WADA wants lengthy ban if swim star Sun loses doping hearing
By Associated Press
Wednesday, November 13, 2019, 10:55 By Associated Press

In this Aug 21, 2018 photo, Sun Yang of China celebrates after men's 400m freestyle final of swimming at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. (FEI MAOHUA / XINHUA)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The World Anti-Doping Agency wants China's star swimmer Sun Yang banned for up to eight years for alleged doping rules violations.

If WADA wins, the three-time Olympic freestyle champion Sun Yang will miss the 2020 Tokyo Games

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday ahead of a rare appeal hearing in open court on Friday that WADA requests a ban of two to eight years. Sun served a three-month ban in 2014 for a positive test.

If WADA wins, the three-time Olympic freestyle champion will miss the 2020 Tokyo Games.

WADA has challenged world swimming body FINA's ruling to merely warn Sun after a disputed attempt by sample collectors to take blood and urine from him at his home in China in September 2018. The late-night confrontation lasted from 11 pm to beyond 3:30 am.

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The day-long hearing will examine why a secure box storing a glass vial of blood came to be destroyed by Sun's entourage, who questioned the sample team's authority. A FINA tribunal panel agreed the officials lacked proper credentials to make the sample collection valid.

WADA believes Sun broke anti-doping rules by refusing to submit to a sample collection.

All sides agreed to Sun's request to hold a first CAS appeal in public for 20 years.

A verdict is unlikely until early next year.

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