Four-time Olympic swimming medalist Park Tae-hwan dropped to his hands and knees in a press conference Monday, reportedly begging for a place on South Korea’s Olympic team.
“I will be grateful if I could be given another chance to serve my country and put on a good performance for the South Korean people,” Park said in Incheon, according to Agence France-Presse.
Park, 26 and his nation’s only Olympic swim medalist, had an 18-month doping ban end in March, but a South Korean Olympic Committee rule prevents athletes banned for doping from competing on a national team for another three years after their suspensions end.