John Coates says Sun Yang has little to complain about in CAS hearing

The president of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, John Coates, has defended the integrity of Sun Yang's hearing, saying responsibility for translations lies with the appearing parties and the Chinese star could have asked for the case to be heard over a longer period.

, including garbled translations, when it appeared Sun did not understand the question or the query was translated incorrectly.But Coates, who has been at the head of CAS since 2010, said it had always been up to the parties to provide translators and they had all been privy to case files to ensure there were few surprises during testimonies.

, was unable to tender all the evidence he wanted and felt there were preconceived ideas about his guilt. "There was a timetable for the hearing, a timetable allotted to each witness, that was all agreed. The other point is each witness had previously filed a written statement, so the parties and the panel had to focus on relevant facts."and not a qualified doping control assistant.The worker, who wanted to remain anonymous according to Xinhua, was quoted as saying: "I am a builder and I am always busy at work, day and night.

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