Chinese swimming ace Sun Yang got a bit of payback for his Olympic defeat by pulling away for a dominating win Sunday over rival Mack Horton of Australia in the men's 400-meter freestyle.
Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang will compete at the National Championships in May in his first formal competition after being suspended from training and racing for driving without a license in November, an official confirmed on Tuesday.
The Chinese swimming national team lifted the ban on Olympic champion Sun Yang on Wednesday following his suspension last year for a driving infraction.
China's Olympic champion Sun Yang, who has been suspended indefinitely following a recent detention for driving without a licence, could return to national team training "soon", said a top swimming official.
Double Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang was excluded from the voting for China's top athlete despite a successful record which includes three world championships titles.
Hungary's world champion Katinka Hosszu and South Africa's Olympic champion Chad Le Clos will be the top stars at the the FINA short course World Cup in Beijing on Nov 13-14.
Two-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang was released on Monday morning after being detained for seven days for driving without a license.
A commentary in Swimming World Magazine, a US publication, appeals for leniency on Sun Yang, a two-time Olympic swimming champion who has been suspended from the national team after being detained for driving without a license.
China's double Olympic champion Sun Yang has received further punishment as the Chinese Swimming Administrative Center (CSAC) on Wednesday suspended him from all the competitions and training.
Olympic swimming champion and world record holder Sun Yang has been suspended from the national team after being detained for driving without a license, the Chinese swimming sports administrative center announced on Wednesday.
China's Olympic and world swimming champion Sun Yang has received an indefinite ban from competition following his seven-day detention for driving without a license.
Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has been given a seven-day administrative detention for driving without a license, after he was involved in a minor collision with a bus on Sunday.
Chinese Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang will be detained for seven days after local police found him driving without license in a car accident.
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