Tag: Park Tae-hwan
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Ex-Olympic swimming champ Park Tae-Hwan denied Rio Olympics / YTN
South Korea’s only Olympic swimming gold medalist Park Tae-Hwan will unlikely be allowed to race for his country in this year’s Rio Summer Olympic Games.
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Olympic gold medallist Park to miss Rio 2016 following Korean Olympic Committee ruling
Olympic gold medallist Park Tae-hwan’s hopes of representing South Korea at Rio 2016 have been dashed after the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) refused to waive its rule on athletes competing at the Games who have failed drugs tests. Park, who won the men’s 400 metres freestyle race at Beijing 2008, was handed an 18-month ban…
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Banned swimmer Park Tae-hwan to return home from Japan training
Suspended former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan is scheduled to return home on Saturday from a Japanese training camp with hopes of competing in next year’s Summer Games still up in the air, informed sources said Friday. Park, serving a doping ban, began training in Japan in September, after struggling to find proper facilities at…
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Suspended swimmer Park Tae-hwan to train in Japan
Former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan, currently serving a doping suspension, has relocated to Japan to continue training, his management company said Tuesday. Team GMP said Park left for Tokyo with his manager and physical trainer on Monday, and will begin training at Hosei University on Thursday. Park will stay in the Japanese capital until…
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Suspended swimmer Park Tae-hwan to resume training
Park Tae-hwan, Olympic swimming champ currently on a doping suspension, will resume training at a public pool in Seoul, officials said Wednesday. Park will train with his old coach Roh Min-sang at the Olympic Swimming Pool starting June 1, the arena’s operators said. In March, Park, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the men’s 400-meter…
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Park doctor denies negligence in doping case
The South Korean doctor who administered an injection that caused swim star Park Tae-Hwan to fail a drugs test has become the scapegoat in the affair, her lawyer argued in court Tuesday. The doctor, identified only by her surname Kim, is standing trial on charges of professional negligence, violating the medical code and causing bodily…
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Sun Yang: “I do trust Park Tae-hwan”
Olympic and world champion Sun Yang said on Sunday that he will miss South Korea’s star swimmer Park Tae Hwan, who received a doping ban, at the Kazan worlds in July. “I think I will miss him,” said Sun after winning the men’s 800-meter free at the National Swimming Championships, which also serves as the…
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Park Tae-hwan non-committal on future while serving suspension
South Korean Olympic swimming gold medalist Park Tae-hwan, serving an extended suspension following a positive drug test, was decidedly non-committal about his future on Friday. Facing the press for the first time since getting slapped with an 18-month ban by FINA, the international swimming federation, earlier this week, Park said it was premature to talk…
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Tearful Park Tae-Hwan apologises for failed dope test
South Korea’s four-time Olympic swimming medallist Park Tae-Hwan has finally broken his silence after being slapped with a 18-month ban for testing positive for testosterone – a substance banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Known affectionately as “Marine Boy” in South Korea, where he is something of a national icon, Park tested positive for the…