Sun Yang of China celebrats after winning the men's 400m freestyle final of FINA Champions Swim Series 2020 in Beijing, capital of China, on January 19, 2020(XINHUA)
Hopes of Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, a three-time Olympic champion, returning to the pool at the delayed Tokyo Olympics have been rekindled after his eight-year ban for a controversial doping violation by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was overturned.
The Swiss Federal Tribunal upheld Sun's appeal against the career-ending ban issued in February 2020 by the Switzerland-based CAS. The World Anti-Doping Agency, the party opposing Sun in the case, confirmed in a statement on December 23 that the tribunal had upheld a revision application filed by Sun's legal representatives and had set aside his eight-year suspension.
