Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist Sun Yang defended his master’s thesis from Soochow University (SU) on Oct. 17.
The topic? None other than himself and one of these medals:
#Chinese#swimmer#SunYang defended his master thesis, “An analysis on the skills of the Men’s 200m freestyle champion at the 31st #Olympics“. pic.twitter.com/qjZluobDjq
— ShanghaiEye (@ShanghaiEye) October 17, 2017
The university is located in East China’s Jiangsu Province where Yang is studying physical education and currently training for Tokyo 2020.
His thesis, titled “An analysis of the skills of the Men’s 200m freestyle champion at the 31st Olympics,” evaluated his experience in the race, and not any of the drama surrounding it.
The defense left Chinese fans of both swimming and academia with a variety of feelings. One commented: “He is definitely entitled to research his own success. He is the most brilliant swimmer in China, after all.”
Others were not buying it: “In short, I’m not convinced,” added another commenter. “How could he finish all his courses when he had to train every day?”
This is not the first time Yang has created comment controversy. After testing positive for the stimulant trimetazidine in 2014, Yang has been one of the most discussed swimmers worldwide.
In 2015, he was awarded Swimmer of the Meet honors at the World Championships, causing a complete outrage on Twitter. The Tweets came after not only his doping controversy, but after he skipped his 1500 free as well.
The reactions to his self-defense are sparking similar controversy as more people learn about his thesis subject.
The Global Times and The Shanghaiist contributed to this report.
Andrew Bryce lad
He just gives no shits
This is too Funny!
FINA favourite golden boy himself?
No surprise there.
Maybe we can discover his secrets and what drugs and doping methods he uses
All of them probably.
That’s racist!!! He didn’t get caught with any drug – he was using a legitimate medication..
Trimetazidine is used to treat angina pectoris and Sun has angina pectoris.
Sun’s a head case and top notch A-hole. Why? Because he can. Take it up with him if you have an issue.
Stop being so racist. That’s not cool at all.
I fail to understand how you consider this racist. The issue is doping NOT race.
Alex Turnbull thesis ideas
Xalazobbu
I wonder if he included admitting his doping, and if he acknowledged Dennis Cottrell (Miami Swim Club, Australia) for his huge success.
classic sun yang
Why? Because he can. It’s classic Jeselnik or classic Sun.
If you are 6 foot 7 and is the best swimmer in the world, you can do this too.
Some people are more equal than others, Get over it.
lol
The mind boggles…