Champion Olympic swimmer slapped with 'indefinite ban' over driving offence

China's Sun Yang after the men's 1500m freestyle heats during the World Swimming Championships at the Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona in August
05 NOVEMBER 2013

Olympic champion Sun Yang has been hit with an indefinite ban from competition by his sports college a day after the swimmer incurred a week-long detention for driving a car without a licence.


"First of all, he should thoroughly reflect of what he has done. Then he will have to resume systematic training," Zhang Yadong, vice president of the college, was quoted by state news agency Xinhua as saying. "Only after a long period of training during which he can abide by the rules, can we consider to reinstate him."

Police have given Sun seven days of "administrative detention" - which means he will be held in a detention centre - and an unspecified fine, Xinhua said on Monday, citing Hangzhou police. It provided no other details.

The report said Sun was driving a Porsche Cayenne SUV he said he had borrowed from a relative when a bus hit him from behind.

Hangzhou police then discovered he could not produce a driver's licence, it added. Read more Original Post