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Sun Yang’s hearing time was finally confirmed, starting at 4 pm on November 15th, Beijing time, and ending at 3:30 am on the 16th, lasting nearly 12 hours, while the general case only took 2-3 hours. . The hearing will be conducted in public, allowing the general public and the media to enter and broadcast live on the Internet. Before starting the hearing to decide Sun Yang’s fate, let’s first take a look at some of its special features.
1, CAS can’t decide the final result?
At the beginning of this year, the British media “Sunday Times” broke the news that Sun Yang had a conflict with the stimulant tester in an off-site drug test last year. “The vial containing the urine sample was delivered without the presence of the test personnel, and ordered. A security team on his team used a hammer to smash a blood sample bottle brought back from a nearby club.” Therefore, Sun Yang’s violent anti-insurgency storm.
There are three organizations that prove Sun Yang’s violations, FINA(FINA), the worldDoping Organization (WADA), and International Sports Arbitration Tribunal (CAS)< /span>, the three are independent of each other. After FINA’s investigation, Sun Yang did not violate the regulations, but WADA is still suspicious and continues to appeal to CAS. CAS has the final decision.
But the latest news is that CAS has indicated in the official notice that this decision is not final and can still be appealed to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court within 30 days.
2. Why is the CAS hearing extended several times?
The CAS hearing time has changed three times. After WADA appealed to CAS, the hearing should have been conducted in September this year, but CAS stated that “for personal reasons, one party has requested an extension of the hearing, and the other parties have agreed to and accepted this request.” The hearing was postponed. It was first carried out at the end of October. The final time is on November 15.
During the
period, British swimmer James Gay publicly ridiculed, “Imagine September, then October, now November… it will never start.”
3. Where is the Sun Yang hearing special?
Under normal circumstances, the hearing may not be made public, but at the request of Sun Yangfang, CAS will conduct a second public hearing in history. The previous time was in 1999, the Irish swimmer Michelle Smith, who had won three gold and one bronze at the Atlanta Olympics. Because of her attempt to undermine the integrity and effectiveness of the drug test urine, FINA banned her for four years. CAS finally maintained the original judgment.
Sun Yang’sThe hearing will take place in Montreux, Switzerland, for nearly 12 hours. Experts say the case is extremely complicated, and the previous hearing will take only 2-3 hours. The hearing allows the general public and the media to enter, the total number is limited to 200, and the hearing will be broadcast live through the CAS official website www.tas-cas.org . Photojournalists and video media were allowed to enter the scene half an hour before the trial, but photography was banned after the hearing began.
As for the results, CAS stated in the notice that the court will not immediately announce any decision. According to NBC, it may be delayed until the beginning of next year.
The specific process of the hearing is as follows:
4, who decides the fate of Sun Yang?
Before the hearing, the foreign media announced a list of arbitration teams. The qualifiers are: Judge Franco-Flatini, Romano Subbio, Legal Counsel, Brussels, Belgium, and Professor Philippe Sanders, London, UK. There are also three others who are responsible for assisting with the work.
Judge Franco-Flatini is the chairman of the arbitration panel of the hearing and has served as the Italian foreign minister. Since 2014, Frattini has been a member of the Italian Court of Final Appeal, the final court of the Italian sports system. He had ruled that the Emir football team could not participate in the Europa League.