Chinese swimmer Sun Yang given eight year doping ban
By Reuters
29 February 2020 |
7:00 am
Chinese multiple world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has been banned from the sport for eight years for missing an out-of-competition test, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Friday.
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