South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan has offered an impassioned public apology, a few days after he received a doping ban of 18 months from FINA, the world governing body of swimming, for failing a doping test.
2. South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan has offered an
impassioned public apology, a few days after he
received a doping ban of 18 months from FINA, the
world governing body of swimming, for failing a
doping test.
The swimmer expressly took complete responsibility
for at least putting himself in an awkward position
that allowed this situation to happen. Park stated he
felt something must have been wrong when he first
learned of the test result and added but then he
realized that he should have been more careful.
3. The former Olympic swimming champion, who won
the only ever swimming gold for South Korea in the
400 meters freestyle at the 2008 Beijing Games, tested
positive for Testosterone in an out-of-competition
drug test on September 3. The 18-month doping ban
began retroactively the day of the positive test in early
September and will expire on March 2, 2016. The
results of Park after September 3, 2014 have been
annulled and he would return the three bronze
medals he won at last year's Asian Games in Incheon,
Korea.
