He makes me sick: French swimmer Camille Lacourt casts doubt on China's Olympic Games champion Sun Yang

The new 200m freestyle gold medallist served a three-month ban in 2014 which the Chinese federation kept secret

Tuesday, 09 August, 2016,

Agence France-Presse

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French swimmer Camille Lacourt waded into the Olympic doping controversy on Monday casting doubt on new 200m freestyle champion Sun Yang of China.

Lacourt, who came fifth in the 100m backstroke final just after Sun’s triumph, said swimming was becoming like athletics “with two or three doped in each final.”

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