GWANGJU: World championship swimmers slammed China's Sun Yang over lurid doping allegations and said competitors were firmly behind Australia's ...
GWANGJU: World championship swimmers slammed China's Sun Yang over lurid doping allegations and said competitors were firmly behind Australia's Mack Horton, who snubbed the Olympic star on the podium.
If Sun is found guilty of a doping violation, he could face a lifetime ban after serving a three-month suspension in 2014 for taking a banned stimulant he claimed was for a heart problem. Australian Mitch Larkin also backed the stand of his team-mate Horton, who called Sun a"drug cheat" before beating him at the 2016 Rio Olympics - two years after his Chinese rival tested positive for the banned stimulant."The whole Aussie team backs him 100 per cent," added the former world champion.
Only last week, King hit out at swimming's governing body over its doping protocols, describing the details of Sun's alleged doping violation as"sketchy" and calling for more to be done to beat the drug cheats.
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