Controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang has been hit with an eight-year ban after being found guilty

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  1. Bush Lawyer

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    Interesting. Has Sun ever actually tested positive for a banned substance or is he just continually refusing compliance testing?

    If dirty, what has it been? The linked article isn't specific.
     
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    Agree... Obviously, destroying your testing samples deserves some major punitive action, but I'm not clear if he's ever been proven to have been doping. 8 years for this action SEEMS a little harsh, since for a competitive swimmer, this is close to a lifetime ban, but I'd need to do a little more legwork to be convinced.

    From some early rumblings from Japan over COVID-19, the entire Olympics might be at jeopardy (it's only 5 months away), which I would find sad. While I prefer Winter, all Olympics' are awesome at the end of the day.
     
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    I miss the bearded East German female Olympians, with muscles on top of muscles.

    It was a good laugh every four years.
     
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    Doesn't matter. I need CNN et al., to put out a story that Sun Yang was a Trump supporter so I can link Trump to Yang's cheating and claim it's Trump's fault. Nothing else will do. I'll stick the story in my back pocket - so I can pull that card after the coronavirus fades away like Trump said it would - because I'll need something else to pin my hopes on.

    Edit to Add: Anonymous sources welcome.
     
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    Give it time and the Progressives will have the US female team looking like that, when the B-list male athletes decide they identify as women instead.
     
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