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Why did Chinese swimmer Sun Yang lose his doping case?


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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang received an eight-year ban for refusing a sample collection. Court of Arbitration for Sport found the testing personnel had properly followed procedural requirements, and Sun had no compelling justifications to break the sample collection container. This case provides a typical example of Chinese approaches colliding with international rules. Sun gambled his career based on his reliance of Chinese sports bureaucracy. And his disrespectful attitude earned him the maximum sanction.

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Legal TeahouseBy Yan Zhao