'Doping Rule Violation' Sun Yang Says, "I Never Retired"... Willingness to Participate in the Paris Olympics

'Swimming star' Sun Yang (31, China), who will only be able to participate in official competitions in June 2024 due to a violation of doping regulations, has expressed his intention to extend his active career.

AFP reported on the 7th that "Sun Yang expressed his will to return to the international stage in an interview with Chinese media." 바카라사이트

“I never said I was quitting swimming,” Sun Yang said in an interview with a video media outlet run by China’s Weibo.

“I have gone through many difficulties in the past and have come back. Setbacks make me stronger.”

AFP news agency interpreted Sun Yang's interview as a remark made with consideration for participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Sun Yang is a world-class swimming star who has won three Olympic gold medals and 11 World Championship gold medals.

However, they have not competed since the 2019 Gwangju World Championships.

Sun Yang was suspended for eight years in 2020 for interfering with the activities of testers who visited his home in China to collect samples for doping tests in September 2018.

The disciplinary start date is February 28, 2020.

Afterwards, in a retrial at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), Sun Yang's period of suspension was reduced to four years and three months.

Last June, Sun Yang said, “I am still training steadily.

“In 2024, when the Paris Olympics will be held, I will be only 32 years old,” he said, predicting his participation in the Paris Olympics. Although he was

unable to participate in the Asian Games, which opens on the 23rd in his hometown of Hangzhou, Sun Yang is not giving up his hopes of participating in the Paris Olympics.

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