Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang handed eight-year ban

China's top swimmer Sun Yang has vowed to appeal after being handed an eight-year ban on Friday for a dope test violation that would rule him out of the Tokyo Games.4Bookmark

"This is unfair. I firmly believe in my innocence," he told Xinhua."I will definitely appeal to let more people know the truth." At last year's Gwangju world championships in South Korea, 400m freestyle silver medallist Horton refused to share a podium with Sun, who won the gold while competing under the shadow of the appeal.The case has attracted huge interest in China, where Sun is currently training at the Zhejiang College of Sports in Hangzhou, and the swimming world.A FINA report said Sun questioned the credentials of the testers before members of his entourage smashed the vials with a hammer.

"In particular, the Panel found that the personnel in charge of the doping control complied with all applicable requirements as set out in the ISTI . "It is quite another thing, after lengthy exchanges and warnings as to the consequences, to act in such a way that results in destroying the sample containers, thereby eliminating any chance of testing the sample at a later stage."

Tens of thousands of Chinese flooded social media in support of Sun Yang following the verdict, stating it was"cruel" and"unjust".

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