Swimming's governing body will face a fresh athlete revolt if they don't modify the results from the World Championships,where Sun Yang won two gold medals.
Some view Sun as a tragic character trapped in the Chinese sporting machine. A machine that viewed him as little more than a gold-medal factory.
There could be expressions of athlete revolution in Tokyo,but taking Sun Yang out of the equation means Mack Horton and Duncan Scott won't have to risk it all.
Two seemingly disconnected episodes on opposite sides of the world show the ripple effect of Beijing’s influence on global sport.
Mack Horton says his stance was never about individuals but the sport as a whole after being vindicated by Sun Yang's eight-year ban.
Sun Yang's banishment from international sport has given his Australian arch-rival,Mack Horton,the ultimate final serve in a bitter rivalry.
Chinese multiple world and Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang has been banned from the sport for eight years after destroying a doping sample.
The outcome of Chinese swimmer Sun Yang's doping case will barely cause a ripple in Australia's swim team,head coach Jacco Verhaeren says.
The fate of Sun Yang will become known after the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport announced it had reached a verdict in the doping case against the Chinese Olympic champion.
The International Olympic Committee published guidelines specifying which types of athlete protests will not be allowed at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
WADA must not cave in to political pressure from Russia - or China.