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Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system
The world swimming championships currently taking place in South Korea have been attracting global attention not so much for the performances in the pool as the protests over alleged doping taking place on the podium.
The target of these protests has been the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.
- G. Gregory Haff
- The Conversation
After Sun won his fourth straight world title in the 400-metre freestyle, his arch-rival, Australian Mack Horton, refused to take the podium to receive his silver medal.
Days later, Britain’s Duncan Scott, who finished third to Sun in the 200-metre freestyle event, also snubbed Sun by refusing to…