Primary players and acronyms: FINA – Fédération Internationale de Natation (International Swimming Federation). Established 1908. WADA – World Anti-Doping Agency. Established in 1999. Based in Montreal, Canada. CAS – Court of Arbitration for Sport. Highest court for adjudicating international sport. Established in 1984. Based in Lausanne, Switzerland. IDTM – International […]
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Court Of Arbitration For Sports Fails Again In Sun Yang Case
The Court for Arbitration in Sports (CAS) will hold its second hearing of a case involving the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang Sports this week, May 25-27. The ruling of the first panel was overturned by the Swiss Supreme Court (Swiss Federal Tribunal) because it was conclusively demonstrated the president of […]
Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang Is Being Falsely Punished
Sun Yang is an Olympic Gold medalist and world record holding swimmer. He was recently ruled to be guilty of an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) and banned from competing for eight years. Unless his appeal to overturn the decision is successful, this will end the swimming career of the 28 […]
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