Sun Yang: no decision on CAS ban appeals yet, says Swiss Federal Tribunal
- China’s star swimmer has filed two appeals over eight-year ban from Court of Arbitration for Sport
- Legal team working for Sun include Swiss law firm who helped to overturn CAS rulings against Russian athletes in 2018
The Swiss Federal Tribunal has confirmed that it received an appeal from Chinese star swimmer Sun Yang following his eight-year ban from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in February.
In an email shared on Chinese social media, they confirmed that no decision has been made on their cases, 4A_192/2020 and 4A_318/2020. The latter of those case files is an additional appeal made by Sun last month.
The swimmer’s Swiss law firm Bonnard Lawson had announced that their client had appealed in a statement earlier this month.
“On 28 April 2020, Mr. Sun Yang filed an application with the Swiss Supreme Court to set aside the award rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 28 February 2020, by which the CAS Panel announced an eight-year ban against Mr. Sun Yang.
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“On 15 June 2020, Mr. Sun Yang filed an application for revision of the same award in addition to the setting-aside application.”
The second appeal means that the eight year ban could be reduced rather than dismissed entirely. However, the SFT will only rule in Sun’s favour if they find procedural failings with the CAS trial last November.