(AP photo)Chinese swimmer Sun Yang was banned for eight years today and will miss the 2020 Tokyo Olympics because he broke anti-doping rules in a late-night incident in which a blood sample container was smashed with a hammer. Now banned until February 2028, the 28-year-old Sun cannot defend his 200-meter freestyle title in Tokyo. The World Anti-Doping Agency went to CAS after a FINA tribunal only warned Sun. Sun served a three-month ban in 2014 imposed by Chinese authorities after testing positive for a stimulant that was banned at the time. Sun never missed a major event while banned in 2014.

Source: The Standard February 28, 2020 10:18 UTC