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Park Tae-hwan Urges Korea To Go Softer On Doping With ‘International Standards’
- Updated: May 18, 2016
“Disgraced South Korean swim star Park Tae-Hwan laid out his case Wednesday for being allowed to compete in the Rio Olympics despite an extended ban for doping.” So starts a Yonyap report on the latest push in the 2008 Olympic 400m free champion’s campaign to get himself back in the hunt at Rio 2016.
That Park notes the unfairness of any system that allows some who doped back in and some not on the basis of domestic rules is fair argument; the direction he drives his argument in is another matter when it comes to making anti-doping stances stronger not weaker.
There is no suggestion from Park of an extension to all nations the Korean rule forbidding any athlete who has fallen foul of the WADA Code from representing their country for three years beyond the end of any international suspension period.
Rather, Park, who tested positive for testosterone in 2014 and served an 18-month ban, wants back in. His form at Korean Olympic trials last month suggests that he would be medal competitive once …
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