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FINA World Swimming Championships
Gwangju 2019
Day Three Finals (Men’s 200 Free)
In a severe turn of events in the pool on Tuesday night at the 2019 FINA World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, China’s Sun Yang won the 200 free final with a 1:44.93. Lithuania’s Danas Rapsys, who originally touched first at 1:44.69 was disqualified for a false start. The DQ became official immediately after the race for movement on the blocks.
The large contingent of fans from China on the lane 8 side of the pool screamed and shouted in delight when the official results were flashed on the scoreboard, with the rest of the pool jeering and booing the outcome.
Sun has been the talk of the venue in Gwangju this week after his controversial past with doping. The controversy came to a forefront when Australia’s Mack Horton lodged a silent protest in the medal ceremony of the 400 free on Sunday night, much to the delight of majority of the athletes competing.
Had Rapsys’ win counted, it would have been the first medal of his career at the World Championships. He would have moved up to eighth all-time.
This is Sun’s third straight medal in this event at the World Championships and he also defends his gold from 2017. He Joins Michael Phelps (2005, 2007), Ian Thorpe (2001, 2003) and Michael Gross (1982, 1986) as repeat winners at Worlds. He also joins Thorpe as winners of the 200 & 400 free in back-to-back World Championships.
“My victory was because of my hard work,” Sun said after the race. “I continued to keep fighting, I didn’t give up when I was in second place.”
“I was the only one to enter the 800 this morning, so I was very tired. I just slept for an hour and a half this afternoon.”
The silver medal went to Japan’s Katsuhiro Matsumoto at 1:45.22. It was his first individual medal in his career and the first one for Japan at the World Championships. Russia’s Martin Malyutin and Great Britian’s Duncan Scott each picked up the bronze medal at 1:45.63. It is the first medal for either swimmer at the World Championships in an individual event.
“I guess I’ve sort of got to celebrate off someone else’s misfortune,” Scott said after the race. “I’d liked to have done it outright but it’s my first ever individual worlds medal so I have got to be happy with that and try and move things on in the rest of the week because I’ve still got more events to come.”
“To be perfectly honest I’ve definitely got more in there time wise. I have done a lot of 1:45s and I’ve swum them a lot of different ways as well. Learning but then I’m just disappointed I wasn’t able to go in there and get a best time. It’s two years now and I’ve not really moved it on timewise. It’s good that I am now consistent and I have been consistently dropping 1:45s at major meets which is good but it’s now trying to move that on as well.”
Early leader Clyde Lewis of Australia finished in sixth at 1:45.78. He was leading the race through 150 meters but fell off big time on the final lap. He had a meteoric rise last night in the semifinals, swimming a huge best of 1:44.90 to move him up to 10th all-time.
| 1 | SUN | Yang |  CHN |
1:44.93 | |||||
| 2 | MATSUMOTO | Katsuhiro |  JPN |
1:45.22 | |||||
| 3 | MALYUTIN | Martin |  RUS |
1:45.63 | |||||
| 3 | SCOTT | Duncan |  GBR |
1:45.63 | |||||
| 5 | MEGLI | Filippo |  ITA |
1:45.67 | |||||
| 6 | LEWIS | Clyde |  AUS |
1:45.78 | |||||
| 7 | KOZMA | Dominik |  HUN |
1:45.90 | |||||
| RAPSYS | Danas |  LTU |
DSQ |
More controversy came about during the medal ceremony when Scott refused to take a photo with the medalists, shaking hands with Malyutin and Matsumoto, but refusing to make eye contact with Sun. Scott then took a photo with his medal alone but not with the other three medalists. He walked off after the ceremony was over and waved at the crowd. Sun eventually shouted at Scott, calling the Brit “a loser” and got in Scott’s face to make his feelings known.
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clyde Lewis is dollar store dean farris
Not a false start, movement on the blocks.
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Danas Rapsys Not a false start !!!!!!!!!!!
Joshua Zhang ???
Will be appealed 100%
Didn’t Sun false start in 2012 and got let off!!!!!!
Kim Weetman maybe didn’t know that one .
Rapsys twitched at the start unfortunately. But he still wasn’t first off the blocks. He still went the fastest. Sorry Lithuania.
Kaan Duru don’t you agree Sun is not even supposed to be racing under so much suspicion? I think the decision to let him race was a disaster..
His actions by themselves are a disgrace to new and young athletes. That by itself is worse than his alleged doping scandal.
Let them cry? Sun yung is king
King of cheating William Dumpbin Connor Kioussis
King of smashing blood vials Mitch Williams
Matt Reinhardt William Dumpbin bla bla bla bla still winner???
So was lance armstrong when he was cycling, how did that turn out
Didn’t know dopers are considered athletes ? what a fucking joke
Yanjing Wang I mean he actually came second, Rapsys wasn’t the first off the blocks. The way you treat a drug cheat like a hero is embarrassing to say the least
Yanjing Wang You fellas are pretty good at doing what you can to win. Hope your boy Sun loses his testes from all the ?
Yes Sun is a king. A doping king.
Hi guys yes of course I’M proud of him. But please check the new before you call him cheater. Is embarrassing when people don’t know the true and just keep spreading the rumor around. Doesn’t matter he came first or second or third I’m still proud of him.
I didn’t know Sun had a dad
Yanjing Wang he served a BAN in 2014 because he tested positive to an illegal substance
Sam Harris yes I will let you know y.
“To be sure, Sun was banned from competition in 2014, but it was for only three months and for a proscribed substance, trimetazidine, that had been prescribed for angina, a heart condition. When Sun took the drug, it had been on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s list for less than five months, and today is no longer recognized as a stimulant by doping agencies.”
Please do some research before you judge people.
Oi Yanjing if you read ASADA’s code it says it is “up to the athlete to undertake a risk assessment as to whether a drug contains a listed prohibited ingredient” Sun chose to take that drug and was sanctioned. We have every right to judge him
Connor kioussis taking drugs and smashing blood samples is ok, please do some research thanks
Sanele Nxumalo ?
Jack Thomas
Oi yingyong wang I like ur profile picture
New powerhouse for aquatics China 🙂
Connor Kioussis all human has Dad, including yourself lol.
you want him to get a lifetime ban so that they don’t have to deal with him? His case is pending in court and he got banned 3 months in 2014…he was smart to smash those samples coz they had no authorization testing him
And certainly no right to record him they could hv tempted with the results I would have done the same thing but till they find him guilty for this case?? All url doing is throwing around meaningless accusation Incase u haven’t noticed he’s swimming fast and not distracted
Jack Thomas thx had snow in April last year which was pretty wired. Pretty flower with snow goes perfectly.
Sanele Nxumalo Hi mate they know the truth but they just don’t want face the fact that Asian can swim as fast as Australia, English American people.
China seems to have joined Russia to see who can cheat the worst… Their holding their own at the moment
Anyone point me in the direction of an online replay?
Well done champ… congratulations
He’s not a champ, he’s a cheat
you are a cheat actually, spreading rumors
It was four years ago when he was caught doping. People are just salty because he is swimming fast. Just stop!!
Matt Reinhardt if he was he would be banned and stripped off his medals? A medicine he took that was recently banned was a mistake he wasant aware of.. the vile his security guard broke was deemed iilegal and was done without proper clearence that they had enquired about before they destroyed it.. nothing wrong on Sun Yangs side. FINA verdict is… The blood that was initially collected (and subsequently destroyed) was not collected with proper authorisation and thus was not properly a “sample” … as a result, the sample collection session initiated by IDTM on September, 4, 2018, is invalid and void.
No FINA DC rule violations can result there from.
So basically he is clean and clear. A champion is determined by his titles not by conspiracy or what bad loosers and their supporters claim!
Spot on and well said.
Some individuals just don’t want to accept basic facts. They probably think they are smarter than the anti-doping professionals from FINA.
The druggo is still under investigation chief, stop living in denial ?
There is no denial.. he is competing freely and is cleared by the world body to do so.. investigation for breaking the vile? It will go in his favour! Join the looser Horton and Keep crying as you might.. as it is the champion still rules!
Matt Reinhardt if he was he would be banned and stripped off his medals? A medicine he took that was recently banned was a mistake he wasant aware of.. the vile his security guard broke was deemed iilegal and was done without proper clearence that they had enquired about before they destroyed it.. nothing wrong on Sun Yangs side. FINA verdict is… The blood that was initially collected (and subsequently destroyed) was not collected with proper authorisation and thus was not properly a “sample” … as a result, the sample collection session initiated by IDTM on September, 4, 2018, is invalid and void.
No FINA DC rule violations can result there from.
So basically he is clean and clear. A champion is determined by his titles not by conspiracy or what bad loosers and their supporters claim! 《= this comment was deleted by someone.. so here it is again…
Shalvin Sharma ?
James Hooper its was a medicine he took for chest pain not taken by injections or dosed like what Ryan Lochte was banned for.
Prescribed or not its every athletes responsibility to know if what THEY put in THEIR body is legal. And if you think him going smashy smashy on his blood samples is fine you need to grow up
you need to grow up bro. the fact is clear, the vile his security guard broke was deemed iilegal and was done without proper clearence that they had enquired about before they destroyed it.. and two of the three testers are unqualified and unauthorized, so nothing wrong on Sun Yangs side. FINA verdict is… The blood that was initially collected (and subsequently destroyed) was not collected with proper authorisation and thus was not properly a “sample” … as a result, the sample collection session initiated by IDTM on September, 4, 2018, is invalid and void.
So basically he is clean and clear.
grow up, man!
Shalvin Sharma every athlete is responsible for what they put in their body regardless of what they’re aware of, read the ASADA and WADA codes. How do you justify Sun smashing his own blood vials and continuously delaying tests for invalid reasons?? Sun is a weed in the sport not a champion
Like the world body i don’t believe in conspiracy or allegations. If he is tested and found guilty he can go f**k himself. For now he is the champion and i respect him as a sportsman. He has his side of the story. Besides they always test him with proper authorization and there never has been a problem with that apart from the time it being done improperly. The time he was banned he was prescribed to take that medication by a doctor, the substance it had in it was back than just recently banned. Innocent untill his proven guilty.. thats how it is for grown up’s
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://amp.abc.net.au/article/11328364&ved=2ahUKEwi6s-iZ-srjAhU06nMBHZLSBL0QFjAAegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw3oFJi1_-XeWxaGeB7lKok6&cf=1&cshid=1563887604591
Shalvin Sharma here go learn a couple things https://elearning.asada.gov.au/enrol/index.php?id=86
Shalvin Sharma well said
He got banned by his own association, of course he is a cheat.
He has purple piss
He would still be banned if he was cheating by his own association. “Was” through a substance that got him 3 months since it wasn’t that serious and substance from the prescribed medication previously was allowed.
Ed Burton logic problem?
He’s a cheat! What about the first time… I suppose that w a s a mistake as well? He wasn’t cleared it’s still going on…. Disgusting ?
Taff Jones beginning in 2014, when he served a three-month suspension after testing positive for trimetazidine. Being a recently banned substance during that period, a substance that he had obtained for a therapeutic use and was merely prescribed the medication for chest pain by a doctor. Before the ban on the substance, it was legal for use in swimming not so long ago and its just for heart stimulation. In the second case, an independent panel heard arguments from both sides and then ruled in his favor. Sun’s refusal to provide a sample did not violate antidoping rules, it said, because the collectors failed to provide the proper validation papers required to draw blood under the International Standard for Testing and Investigations. Appeal for a harsher sentence is pending to be heard in September by WADA, this will be a second hearing for the same case. I do believe that athletes are treading a very treacherous path if they are making allegations against other individuals that they cannot substantiate. FINA events are no place “to make personal statements or gestures.”
CHEAT CHEAT CHEAT
Should be appealed .Saw the video and could not see any movement
Brett Davies i support rapsys but i have to admit that i saw a movement (hips went up) .. it’s sad that this DQ gives the title to a drug cheater
Wish to see you Sun fall off his throne. If you have nothing to hide why did you try to delay and avoid the drug tests
Because the drug test was illegally taken and that’s why he smashed the blood sample. FINA doping panel’s report, dated January 3, decided Sun did not commit a doping violation, hence his clearance to South Korea. Of course, some people would just ignore the fact and keep on believing what they want to believe.
Frankly, what those “some people” believe in is their own supremacy.
the fact is clear, the vile his security guard broke was deemed iilegal and was done without proper clearence that they had enquired about before they destroyed it.. and two of the three testers are unqualified and unauthorized, so nothing wrong on Sun Yangs side. FINA verdict is… The blood that was initially collected (and subsequently destroyed) was not collected with proper authorisation and thus was not properly a “sample” … as a result, the sample collection session initiated by IDTM on September, 4, 2018, is invalid and void.
So basically he is clean and clear.
Didn’t know dopers are considered athletes ? what a fucking joke
Using the f word doesn’t make your point more valid. It is not that difficult to understand that Sun did not violate any regulations and was cleared by FINA to compete in Korea, unless you are incapable of comprehending basic facts.
Drug test the POS!
Sun isn t the true winner! Mack Horton and Duncan Scott are Heroes.
Antonia Beyer that’s right they should give him doping medal
It now looks as though China and Russia have FINA in their pockets
Fortunately, not in the pockets of British, US, and Australia.
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Way to go, Sun!!!
許世昌 .. Yeah way too go.. Great advert for how doping can go unchallenged..
Nope ? ?… should be banned until totally cleared! Disgrace! #isupportMackHorton
Non se la merita ??
Malheureusement c’est pas toi qui décide.
“Australia’s Mack Horton lodged a silent protest in the medal ceremony of the 400 free on Sunday night, much to the delight of the rest of the athletes.”
Not true. “The rest of the athletes” don’t necessarily agree with Horton, not to say feeling delight about his behavior.
Cheat
Coruption and doping. Į hate moments like this.
He was allowed by FINA to participate…cleared once and an appeal against his clearance is ongoing. This is bullying on a World Scale! Shame on you all!!!
LukenJean Vava that’s because FINA are spineless.. He’s a cheat and his behaviour alone should have excluded him fro. Participating.
The problem here is a legal issue. The Chinese Federation not FINA are the ones who legally call the shots.
David Moyston no wonder do they understand the word legal
David Peterkin yes as is the case between lawyers there is seldom agreement until the tribunal determines the outcome.
David Moyston so he can cheat forever?????
David Peterkin no but CAS has to make the final determination.
If one appeals a decision of a Magistrate fining a driver for driving without due care and attention and suspends his licence the sentence doesn’t take effect until the appellate court makes the final determination.
David Moyston looks like most of the swimmers don’t want him around
the champion of immobility in start and doping. Swiming champion Rapsys?. Not official, but legal.
Anyone cares about the truth?You are full of prejudice.You shout without justice
World champion Sun Yang.
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Swee Khiang pathetic….
Taff Jones why? He is a double world champion in 2019 world championship now? That’s a fact. What are you disputing?
to people full of prejudice or cheated by fake news:
the fact is clear, the vile his security guard broke was deemed iilegal and was done without proper clearence that they had enquired about before they destroyed it.. and two of the three testers are unqualified and unauthorized, so nothing wrong on Sun Yangs side. FINA verdict is… The blood that was initially collected (and subsequently destroyed) was not collected with proper authorisation and thus was not properly a “sample” … as a result, the sample collection session initiated by IDTM on September, 4, 2018, is invalid and void.
So basically he is clean and clear.
Sun will have a public hearing in September. if he is tested posotive again, anyone, including Chinese , will not forgive him. if he’s not tested positive, all of you who’s calling him cheat now should apologize to him. but before the test result, you should just shut up and wait.
We are all stars now in the Dope Show
Cheat
Congratulations
Sun literally false started in the 1500 London 2012 and u tell me that a little movement on the block removes world title?? Shame on you Fina
He shouldn’t even be there.
If a tree falls in the forest…
I reckon he will be giving that medal back, maybe not now, maybe not next year, but at some point it will all unravel.
Inside job
Come on everyone… suns doctor prescribed him a pain killer for “chest pain” that just so happens to enhance performance, increase muscle production, and shorten recovery time in training. Seems 100% legit. ??♂️??♂️??♂️smh
Tim Conley its diffrent from steroids etc… what you’re trying to show is also done by protein supplements with maximum results. With trimetazidine enhancing performance, increasing muscle production and shortening recovery time can only be achieved to a minimal as its not a supplement but a medication and has a certain amount of dose that one can use. FYI The best known trimetazidine mechanism of action is its capacity to inhibit β-oxidation of free fatty acid (FFA) [1]. FFA oxidation provides more energy, but it is associated with increased oxygen consumption. When oxygen is in low supply, the oxidative processes of FFA and glucose are disrupted—paradoxically leading to an increased rate of FFA β-oxidation associated with even greater oxygen consumption—while glucose metabolism decreases, which results in lactate accumulation.
Get rid of the drug cheat !
In other words ….he came in second!!!???????
You doped bro you a loser