Sun Yang's Weibo speech

In China, what Sun Yang is trying to show to the public is the positive side of him even though he has been through so many adversities. On 5/5, he post a Weibo thanking a bunch of people that helped him in the hard times. In the end, it seems more like a PR speech. However, he mentioned a lot of people except the controversial figures like Dr. Ba Zhen and his Australian coaches who should have helped him a lot in the past. If he did, his speech would sound a little more sincere. The most controversial one he mentioned is Park Tae Hwan, who will not be swimming in Rio. It is difficult to image how he can brush aside all the news around him so effortlessly like his doping and his unsolved mystery before 1500m free final.


As for his doping, he did not know the drug was updated in the latest banned list at the time and he took it for his heart problem. Actually, did he ever show any medical evidence (or 3rd party examination) to prove that his drug administration is really necessary? Now, he cannot take the drug. Does he mean that he needs to take another drug to control his condition? If not, is his condition going to deteriorate? If he is taking other drug, what is it? And is it going to be on the next list? Or they will switch a new drug once the old drug is added in? Before 1500m free final, a few events happened: a brawl with Brazilian female swimmer, locker room argument and last-minute pull out from the final. The brawl in the end was actually never resolved. Finally, there are still question marks hanging in the air.