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Mack Horton let down by sport, says US anti-doping boss

Mack Horton let down by sport, says US anti-doping boss

Australia’s Mack Horton was repeatedly let down by world swimming over disgraced swimmer Sun Yang, the head of the US Anti-Doping Authority Travis Tygart said.

  • by Michael Gleeson

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'Tough questions need to be asked': Campbell slams FINA amid Sun saga
2020 Tokyo Olympics

'Tough questions need to be asked': Campbell slams FINA amid Sun saga

Dual Olympic gold medal winner Cate Campbell says swimming's governing body must look at 'the standards they're setting' following the news of Sun Yang's ban.

  • by Eamonn Tiernan
FINA 'open' to stripping Sun Yang of world championship medals
Doping

FINA 'open' to stripping Sun Yang of world championship medals

The Chinese superstar collected two gold medals in South Korea and in the 400m freestyle beat Australian Mack Horton, who refused to take part in the medal ceremony in protest.

  • by Chris Barrett
'It was never personal': Horton weighs in on Sun doping ban
Drugs in sport

'It was never personal': Horton weighs in on Sun doping ban

Mack Horton says his stance was never about individuals but the sport as a whole after being vindicated by Sun Yang's eight-year ban.

Horton, WADA welcome Sun Yang ban
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Horton, WADA welcome Sun Yang ban

Chinese swimming Sun Yang has been banned from swimming for eight years after the CAS came to a verdict in his doping case.

The Sun sets on Mack Horton's nemesis
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Doping

The Sun sets on Mack Horton's nemesis

The Olympic career of China's most celebrated and reviled swimmer, Sun Yang, has been brought to a shuddering halt by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

  • by Chip Le Grand
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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years
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Chinese swimmer Sun Yang banned for eight years

Chinese multiple world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has been banned from the sport for eight years after destroying a doping sample.

  • by Phil Lutton
Horton 'won't be distracted' by Sun Yang verdict: coach
Drugs in sport

Horton 'won't be distracted' by Sun Yang verdict: coach

The outcome of Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's doping case will barely cause a ripple in Australia's swim team, head coach Jacco Verhaeren says.

From the Archives, 1965: Dawn Fraser to fight 10-year swimming ban
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From the Archives, 1965: Dawn Fraser to fight 10-year swimming ban

In 1965, Dawn Fraser and three others announced they would take legal action against lengthy bans from representing Australia imposed by the Australian Swimming Union.

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Sun Yang to learn fate as Court of Arbitration for Sport reaches verdict
Drugs in sport

Sun Yang to learn fate as Court of Arbitration for Sport reaches verdict

The fate of Sun Yang will become known after the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport announced it had reached a verdict in the doping case against the Chinese Olympic champion.

  • by Chip Le Grand
Pool won't sport Mack Horton's name to protect interests in China
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Pool won't sport Mack Horton's name to protect interests in China

A plan to name Caulfield Grammar's new aquatic centre after Mack Horton has been ditched in response to the public fall-out from his refusal to share a medal dais with Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.

  • by Chip Le Grand