Truth Under Water (1)
Nonfacts that influence WADA v. Sun Yang
Sun smashed blood vial with a hammer?
The Chinese elite swimmer Sun Yang was convicted of “tampering with doping control” and was sanctioned an ineligibility period long enough to end his sport career.
The media published stories (see below) to convince people that Sun Yang deserved the punishment because he was crazy enough to smash the blood vial containing his blood sample with a hammer.
Nontheless, this is a nonfact. Firstly, the person who applied the hammer against the blood sample was not Sun, but a secuirity guard employed by the property management company servicing Sun’s residential community.
Secondly, the blood vial was not being smashed at all. In fact, while bottom part of the external tube was damaged, the internal blood vial was safely retrieved (see below).
Above are pictues of the blood sample kits, complete Kit A and damaged Kit B, left behind by the sample collection company IDTM. Obviously, the blood sample was not being brutally smashed, instead its bottom part was carefully broken, in order that the internal blood vial could be removed without damage. Sun’s doctor, Ba Zhen, kept the blood vial in his lab.
WADA’s expert, Stuart Kemp, included in his written statement a summary chart showing the history of samples collected from Sun (see above). Data evidence that the athlete was highly experienced with doping controls after having given alomst 200 samples. Why would a seasoned athlete risk his career via openly tampering with a doping control? This segways into the next nonfact — Sun acted intentionally to subvert doping control?
