Chinese swimmer wins challenge over arbitrator's tweets
Sun Yang and Franco Frattini (Credit: Wikimedia Commons and Shuttertock/Antonio Nardelli)
A Swiss court has overturned a CAS award that handed a Chinese swimmer an eight-year doping ban – finding that the tribunal chair, former Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini, had shown bias in tweets criticising Chinese dog meat eating practices and referencing skin colour.
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