Chinese swim king Sun Yang is no drug cheat and has been the victim of 'ill-informed' protests from athletes at the world championships, insists ...
GWANGJU, South Korea: Chinese swim king Sun Yang is no drug cheat and has been the victim of"ill-informed" protests from athletes at the world championships, insists his Australian coach.
"I don't know if people think he was given a magic pill at birth and it's sustained him for all of these successes," added Cotterell, pointing out Sun is one of the most tested athletes in the sport. "Why would he have given blood in the first place? He wasn't home when they arrived - he could've just sat in his car and not fronted until it was registered as a miss."Sun, who shot to fame at the 2012 London Olympics by winning 400m gold and setting a world record in the 1,500m, was cleared by FINA to compete this week after they agreed testers had failed to follow the correct protocol.
"I absolutely stand with what the athletes want in terms of transparency and regulated, clear doping procedures," insisted Cotterell. WADA accepted Sun had not intentionally doped and Sun has always maintained it was a prescribed medication to treat a heart problem."That's been a convenient catch cry for a lot of people, but it doesn't show a complete knowledge of what happened."
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