Sun Yang completely missed the Paris Olympic Games: missed the last theoretical opportunity when he did not participate in the Italian swimming competition

On June 17, Beijing time, Sun Yang, 32, officially lifted his ban at the end of May, but he was unable to participate in the Paris Olympic Games this year. Originally, Sun Yang had theoretical hope that he would participate in the next Italian swimming competition, but in the end, he did not appear in the list of competitors, which was also a missed theoretical opportunity.

As a landmark figure in China's swimming, Sun Yang has won gold medals in two consecutive Olympic Games from 2007 to 2008, when he first showed his talent in Beijing Olympic Games, to 2011 World Swimming Championships, and to 2012 London Olympic Games and 2016 Rio Olympic Games... Sun Yang holds three Olympic gold medals and 11 world gold medals.

As you know, Sun Yang is still the world record holder of the men's 1500m freestyle and the Olympic record holder of the men's 400m freestyle. Sun Yang is also the world's only gold medalist in the 200m, 400m and 1500m freestyle Olympic Games and the Grand Slam World Championships, as well as the only record holder in the 400m freestyle world championships for four consecutive championships and the only 800m freestyle world championships for three consecutive championships.

However, Sun Yang was finally severely punished and suspended for 8 years because he refused to accept the drug test in 2019. After the court trial, the ban was finally shortened to 3 years and 3 months until the end of May 2024 this year.

However, Sun Yang missed the opportunity to participate in the Olympic trials. Previously, foreign media reported that Sun Yang would participate in the Italian "Seven Hills Cup" International Swimming Competition on June 21-23, and was expected to catch the last bus of the Paris Olympic Games before the end of the Olympic compliance period on June 23.

However, now Sun Yang has not signed up for the Italian swimming competition. Theoretically, Sun Yang still had a chance, but he needs to solve two problems: first, whether Sun Yang's performance can reach the standard, and second, Sun Yang failed to catch up with the domestic trials of the Paris Olympic Games, so unless the national team "special approval" temporarily accepted Sun Yang to rejoin the team.

However, Sun Yang gave up participating in the Italian swimming competition, which also means that he completely lost his last theoretical hope to participate in the Paris Olympic Games. As for the next Olympic Games, Sun Yang is already 36 years old, and it is still unknown whether he can persist until he is 36 years old.