All posts tagged "doping"

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    Left to train alone, Park Tae-hwan faces murky future

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Serving a lengthy doping suspension, Park Tae-hwan has been left to train on his own with his future as murky as ever. The former Olympic swimming champ was slapped in March with an 18-month...

    • Posted May 14, 2015
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    Park Tae-hwan’s name may be removed from swimming arena

    By Jung Min-ho Incheon Metropolitan City (IMC) officials are mulling whether to remove Park Tae-hwan’s name from its swimming arena after the former Olympic swimming champion was suspended from competitions for failing a drug test. On Monday,...

    • Posted March 26, 2015
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    Doping hearing for swimmer Park Tae-hwan postponed per request

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — An international doping hearing for South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan has been postponed, officials here said on Friday. The Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) said FINA, the international governing body of swimming, has put off...

    • Posted February 13, 2015
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  • Park Tae-hwan checks his time after competing men's 200-meter freestyle swimming heat at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, on Sept. 21, 2014.  (AP-Yonhap)
    Effort to protect Park Tae-hwan from doping allegations slipping

    By Nam Hyun-woo One week after Park Tae-hwan’s doping scandal emerged, Korea’s swimming community has united in an attempt to protect the Olympic star. Officials from the Korean Olympic Committee, Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) and Park’s agency...

    • Posted February 4, 2015
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  • Park Tae-hwan looks at an electronic board after completing a 200-meter freestyle race at the national team trials in Gimcheon City, North Gyeongsang Province, on July 16, 2014. Park finished the race in 1:45.25, the fastest in the men's 200m freestyle this year, outperforming the Australian swimmer Cameron McEvoy's 1:45.58. Park will also compete in the 100m and 400m in freestyle, and 200m and 400m in individual medley to qualify for the Incheon Asian Games in September. (Yonhap)
    S. Korean sports officials meet over Park Tae-hwan’s impending doping hearing

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — A team of South Korean sports officials met on Friday to discuss preparations for an upcoming doping hearing for Park Tae-hwan, a beleaguered swimmer who recently tested positive for testosterone. Representatives from the Korean...

    • Posted January 30, 2015
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    Park Tae-hwan hires Swiss-based attorney for doping hearing

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Beleaguered South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan, reeling from a positive doping test, has hired a foreign attorney in preparation for an international doping hearing, officials here said Thursday. FINA, the sport’s international governing body,...

    • Posted January 28, 2015
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    S. Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan fails drug test

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korean Olympic swimming champ Park Tae-hwan has failed a doping test, his agency said on Monday, blaming the result on an illegal injection administered by a local doctor. Team GMP, the swimmer’s agency,...

    • Posted January 26, 2015
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