SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's Olympic committee has reaffirmed its decision to ban former Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan from competing at the Rio de Janeiro Games even though he finished an 18-month doping suspension in March.
The Korean Olympic Committee said after a board meeting on Thursday that it upheld an earlier decision not to change its rules that block athletes from the national team for an additional three years after the end of their doping suspensions.
Park's hopes for competing in Rio are now in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which will review his complaint that the KOC rules are excessive.