South Korean Olympic committee reaffirms Park ban (Yahoo Sports)

South Korea’s Olympic committee 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 upheld on Thursday its 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 of competing in Rio were now in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which will review his complaint that the KOC rules were excessive.