Sun Yang celebrates after winning the 200-meter freestyle at the Chinese National Games in Shenyang Piumini Moncler Nantesfur Bambino Bianche Scontati , Liaoning Province on September 6, 2013. Photo: IC
Chinese swimming sensation Sun Yang cannot seem to escape the spotlight in or out of the water, and at the world championships, starting in Russia on August 2, the towering freestyler will again be the name on everyone's lips.
A multiple world and Olympic gold medalist, Sun's feats in the pool are -already legendary, but it is his -exploits on dry land that have attracted the most -attention in recent years.
At London 2012 Piumini Moncler Bambino Daim Rosa Scontati , Sun -became the first Chinese man to win an Olympic swimming gold medal when he took the 400-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle double.
In the three years since, however, his life has hit -troubled waters.
In 2013, he found -himself in hot water with Chinese swimming officials for -missing training sessions and was suspended from engaging in any commercial activities, which had flooded in after his Olympic success.
He then fell foul of the law and spent a week in jail for crashing a car that he had driven without a -license. -China's swimming -authorities responded by slapping a blanket suspension on him, banning him from all training and competition.
Last year it emerged Sun had secretly served a -three-month ban after testing positive for a banned stimulant.
The China Anti-Doping Agency could have imposed a longer ban but opted for a lenient punishment because Sun had been given medication by a doctor to treat a heart issue and was unaware it had been added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list.
The stigma of serving a doping ban has done nothing to dampen his enthusiasm as he sets his sights on next year's Olympic Games in Rio Piumini Moncler Bambino Herbert Scuro Blu Scontati , opting to -tackle four individual events in Kazan in his last big dress rehearsal.
In addition to the three events he won in Barcelona, the 23-year-old has added the 200-meter freestyle to his busy schedule, a race in which he is one of the favorites in the absence of American Michael Phelps, French Olympic champion Yannick Agnel, Japan's Asian champion Kosuke Hagino and -Korean Park Tae-hwan.
"When I was little, I watched Michael Phelps compete in five or six events at a worlds, so I want to try it as well Piumini Moncler Fragon Bambino Bianche Scontati ," Sun recently told the Xinhua News Agency.
"It will be a huge challenge for me. I'd rather keep the goal in my mind than speak it out."
The eight-day swimming program in Kazan begins on August 2.
ABUJA, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The police in Nigeria's southern state of Imo have arrested two notorious armed robbery gangs which have terrorized residents for a very long time, authorities of the anti-crime agency said Tuesday.
At a news conference, state commissioner of police Abdulmajid Ali paraded four persons, who allegedly specialized in car and motorcycle theft, with another gang of five armed robbers that has been terrorizing the state. He said two other suspects were killed in an exchange of gunfire with security agents.
"Imo State will be too hot for criminals, robbers Piumini Moncler Dominic Bambino Nere Scontati , kidnappers and people involved in other forms of illegality," said Ali at the news conference in Owerri, the state capital.
According to him, many items, including two sports utility vehicles (SUVs), a Toyota Avalon car, a motorcycle and live ammunition gilet moncler donne scontati , were recovered from the gunmen.
The state police chief said security agents had been on the prowl of the criminals for a long time. "For this and many other reasons, we would embark on an aggressive stop and search operations in search of more criminals," he added.
Nigeria, which has a population of approximately 170 million, is facing major security challenges which are taking a heavy toll on its economy. The northern part of the country is plagued by violence, including attacks by the Boko Haram sect. The southern part is said to be a hub of criminal activities which include oil theft or bunkering, kidnap and armed robbery attacks. Communal clashes often paralyze commercial activities in the central state of Plateau gilet moncler bambino scontati , which shares borders with many northern states, whereas pockets of violence in the north central state of Benue are mostly attributed to herdsmen.
By Buruxa Xamiseb
WINDHOEK, March 1 (Xinhua) -- The sun could be setting for one of Namibia's most revered politicians, Hidipo Hamutenya, after his party, Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP), announced last month that he would resign as president and active politics.
Although Hamutenya gilet moncler scontati , who wrote Swapo's constitution, had initially agreed to go, he made a U-turn Friday claiming that he was being pushed out. He also declared that he was still the president and would be going to the next parliament when it opens this month.
His party has, however, appointed Hamutenya's vice Steve Bezuidenhout as the acting president Sunday until May when new leadership is elected.
Hamutenya is a former ruling Swapo party politician considered a strategist and even held the posts of information, foreign affairs and trade and industry.
At one time, Hamutenya was tipped to take over from Namibia's founding president Sam Nujoma but lost the Swapo Party vice presidency to the out-going president Hifikepunye Pohamba in 2004.
Feeling cheated piumini moncler donne scontati , Hamutenya broke away from Swapo to form the RDP, together with several other disgruntled members in 2007.
The party won eight parliamentary seats in 2009 thereby becoming the official opposition party. In last year's elections, RDP managed three seats leading to calls for Hamutenya's resignation.
In December last year, Hamutenya indicated that he would step down for the sake of the party and last month, the party announced that he would leave end of February.On Friday, however, Hamutenya made a U-turn claiming that he was forced out and that he was still going to parliamentary as one of the three RDP representatives.
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