The Australian media said today (8th) that the Australian swimming coach Denis Cotterll, who has coached Sun Yang for many years, has ended the cooperation with the Chinese Swimming Association after the decision of Sun Yang in the International Sports Arbitration Court.He also expressed that he did not support Sun Yang's appeal.
According to reports from Sina Sports and Beijing Youth Daily, the Australian media Sunday Telecommunications reported that 68 -year -old Dennis has terminated the contract with the Chinese Swimming Association for eight years after learning that Sun Yang was banned eight years.When asked if he supported Sun Yang's appeal, he bluntly said: No!But the reason is not explained.
On February 28, the International Sports Arbitration Court stated that Sun Yang refused or attempted to tampering with stimulant testing, and violated the World Anti -Doping Regulations, so he was sentenced to eight years of banning the game.
Dennis had previously believed that Sun Yang was clean, and also said that he was as clean as his other proud student, Australian swimming legend.
If you think about it carefully, I took him (Sun Yang) to train very happy.If you think I will work with a cheating person, it means that people don't understand me.It was a kind of insult to me.I like to cooperate with Ken's hardships, long exercise life, and people who can always achieve their goals.Dennis praised Sun Yang in his previous interview to be uncomfortable for him.
In November last year, Dennis made a special trip to Monteler, Switzerland to help Sun Yang's hearing. He also said that he was confident in Sun Yang's winning victory.Talking about Horton's dissatisfaction with Sun Yang before, Dennis said that this was his personal opinion, and he certainly had the right to express his views.
As early as 2007 or even earlier in 2007, Dennis began to cooperate with the China Swimming Association and the Swimming Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of China.Zhang Lin, the first men's world swimming champion in China, was sent to Australia that year and began to strengthen the study of mid -to -long -distance free swimming.Medal.
Since then, Dennis's process of coaching Sun Yang has continued to this day because of changes in Australian policies, but it has continued to this day.It is said that in the past three years, whether it is the Asian Games in Jakarta, or the Budapest World Championships, and the Gwangzhou World Championships, Sun Yang has continued to win good results, and Dennis has contributed.
According to reports, after the Guangzhou World Championships, Dennis stayed in China for a long time and continued to guide Sun Yang with Chinese coach Zhu Zhigen, and did not return to Australia to rest until early this year.According to the original plan, Dennis still wants to guide Sun Yang in person in person in the face of the Spring Festival. However, because of the development of the epidemic, Dennis has been unable to do it, so he will meet with Sun Yang to meet before mid -March to conduct overseas training again.
