Because of the rules of the swimming center on the "2024 Paris Olympic Games Swimming Event Selection Measures", Sun Yang missed the Paris Olympics. For this result, Sun Yang himself also responded through social **. Said: I will not give up, I will always persevere. This also shows Sun Yang's attitude that he will not plan to retire for the time being. Since he can't compete in Paris, there is also the 2025 World Swimming Championships in Singapore.
Previously, the National Swimming Management Center announced the selection methods for the Paris Olympic Games: Article 5, involving athletes and related support personnel who have had doping violations, in accordance with the requirements of the anti-doping management regulations of the General Administration of Sports of China, athletes and auxiliary personnel who have been banned for more than one year (excluding one year) due to doping violations shall not be selected for the national team in any capacity and are not eligible for selection.
The Paris Olympics will be held on July 26 and end on August 11, 2024. The lifting of the ban on Sun Yang is at the end of May 2024, so Sun Yang is destined not to be selected for the national swimming team to compete in the Paris Olympics.
For this result, Sun Yang also responded through personal social **. Sun Yang wrote: "Swimming is an inseparable part of my life, and I will always insist on loving it!”
During the ban, Sun Yang also completed the major event in his life - getting married, and now, he will also be promoted to be a father. However, Sun Yang has not given up training, although the results are not as he hoped. But Sun Yang has no plans to retire at present, and he said that he will stick to it.
Looking ahead: Sun Yang is sure to miss the Paris Olympics, but after the ban is lifted, Sun Yang is 33 years old, and it is not impossible to participate in the national championships and national championships and win the 2025 World Championships in Singapore.
As of now, Sun Yang is still the only person in the history of swimming who holds four consecutive men's 400m freestyle world championships and three consecutive 800m freestyle world championships. He is also the world record holder in the men's 1500m freestyle and the Olympic record holder in the men's 400m freestyle. Sun Yang is also the world's No. 1 in the number of individual gold medals in freestyle, and the second male swimmer in history to win the MVP of the World Championships after Phelps. At the same time, Sun Yang is also the winner of the first Olympic gold medal of the Chinese men's swimming team.
Therefore, swimming fans are also looking forward to making history if Sun Yang returns to the arena