In-depth analysis of Sun Yang's "violent anti-inspection" incident: from "Oriental War Dragon" to "Controversy Vortex"
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One night in 2024, the eyes of the sports world focused on the final scene of the National Summer Swimming Championships, Sun Yang, who was 33 years old at the time, wearing a swimsuit, stood on the familiar podium again, he fought with many young players, and finally won the men's 400-meter freestyle championship with absolute strength. Helplessness and brilliance are intertwined, which is very emotional
Behind this brilliance, Sun Yang's career has experienced countless ups and downs, September 4, 2018, a seemingly ordinary night, destined to change the trajectory of his life, a life-threatening "drug test" storm pushed the former swimming hero to the cusp, with controversy and public opinion whirlpool, Sun Yang was labeled as "violent resistance to testing", from this time, the aura of "Oriental War Dragon" gradually dimmed, and he became a "sinner" in the eyes of the public
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In order to better understand the ins and outs of this incident, we have to dissect it from multiple angles, we will trace the incident, understand the complexity behind it, reflect on Sun Yang's difficult struggle, reflect on the implications of the incident, and look forward to how the future sports environment will affect the fate of each athlete
The cause of the incident has to start from September 4, 2018, when the anti-doping inspection agency company authorized by FINA came to the door to conduct an out-of-competition drug test for Sun Yang
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After the inspectors visited, Sun Yang and his team questioned their qualifications, believing that the inspection procedures were incomplete, and the situation became more and more tense during the negotiations, which eventually led to Sun Yang's determination to break the collected blood samples in anger, which was not only a violation of the rules and regulations, but also a challenge to the responsibilities of the athletes, which instantly pushed the matter to the forefront
After several months of public opinion warfare, on January 3, 2019, the FINA Anti-Doping Committee made a ruling, believing that the inspection process was flawed and Sun Yang's behavior did not constitute a violation
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At a public hearing on November 15, 2019, the two sides argued that despite the lack of formalities in the inspection process, Sun Yang, as the subject of the inspection, should still fulfill the obligation to cooperate, and on the contrary, Sun Yang's defense was that the private house was not controlled and the procedures required for the inspection were not binding
After 12 hours of arguments, the tribunal did not reach a clear result, and the final decision on Sun Yang was postponed until February 28, 2020, a moment of hope and despair that brought him to an end, and Sun Yang was sentenced to an eight-year ban for failing to provide biological samples and violating the World Anti-Doping Code
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Faced with a hammerhammer that hit three-time Olympic gold medalist Sun Yang and paused his career, he decided to appeal further, giving him 15 days to appeal to the Federal Court of Switzerland
On December 22, 2020, the Federal Court of Switzerland rejected his request for serious violations in the provision of biological samples, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport imposed a sanction on the Court
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Every court appearance during this period was his struggle against fate, his struggle was like a retrograde in the rapids, difficult and dangerous, although he repeatedly lost, he was never willing to give up, and at the end of the ban period, he returned to the national swimming stage, and in the 2024 Summer Championships, he once again stood in the final of the 400-meter freestyle, proving his strength
This victory not only brought a glorious stroke to his career, but also proved that he challenged himself and firmly believed in the past four years, and with his starry determination, he let everyone see that this "Eastern War Dragon" is not a "sinner" in public opinion, but a rebirth after experiencing storms
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Looking back on the whole incident, hidden under the fierce controversy, is the pursuit of procedural justice, the protection of the fair rights and interests of athletes, in the early stage of the incident, perhaps Sun Yang's impulsive behavior gave the outside world an opportunity, but the result made him fall into the whirlpool of public opinion, but his tenacious struggle in the future, the situation will be gradually reversed, in this process, reflection for the fairness and transparency of all parties, it is particularly important
In the future sports environment, we hope to establish a more complete doping testing mechanism to ensure that the legitimate rights and interests of each athlete are no longer violated, and to let the spirit of fairness in sports be properly protected, so that every athlete who strives for his dream can release his potential in a fair and just environment and chase his ideals
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Time flies, Sun Yang with his life experience, to prove to us the meaning of struggle, his story, is not only a sports event, but also the embodiment of persistence and unyielding faith, when we focus on this swimming legend again, what we see is not only the glory and haze of an athlete, but the true portrayal of human courage and tenacity