Horton did not yet understand the full implications of what he had done. He had swum his race, made his stance and, afterwards, hopped back into the pool to swim some cool-down laps, as he does after every race. Now, he was tired and hungry.
Mack Horton makes his protest during the 2019 FINA World Championships medal ceremony in Gwangju, South Korea.Sun Yang’s swimming career now appears at an end. On Friday night, the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned an earlier decision by a FINA anti-doping panel and handed him an eight-year ban for refusing to submit to a drug test and tampering with a blood sample.
Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Chinese President Xi Jinping receive T-shirts at the 2019 China-Finland Year of Winter Sports at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.The plan elevates sport to a “landmark undertaking for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese people” and notes that “new foreign affairs strategies will provide a broad stage for showcasing the soft power of sports”.
Three months after Horton’s protest in Gwangju, at a time when the pool was nearing completion, those discussions abruptly ceased. The school denies this was done to preserve its relationship with China. Sources close to the matter say this is precisely what happened. The school has now deferred any decision about the name of the pool until at least next year.
Notwithstanding these legal nuances, it was a terrible look for FINA to sign up to an application which, if successful, would have forced WADA to drop its case and left unresolved allegations which have split the sport of swimming.China’s importance to global sport is a direct function of having the world’s second-largest economy and a fast-growing middle class of more than half-a-billion people.
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Melbchief 'take into account their values...' when it comes to doping in sport there are none. The U.S Netball team managers were forced into calling Taiwan, Chinese Taipai or not play. China has no values except what advantages them.