South Korea plans to offer citizenship to EPO user to get gold in Rio

I know a lot of guys on the national team and they are not happy with this either. There is so many different things wrong with this.

The problem is that after Bahrain swept all the medals at the Asian Games last year with Africa talent I am afraid other countries will just try to do the same.

Lee Bong Ju and Hwang Young Cho are probably pissed too!

Yep, 2 years for EPO.

Sure he served his time, but once someone has been on the needle, do they ever attempt to run without it?

yeppers wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/oct/30/kenya-athletics-doping-matthews-kisorio

Yep, 2 years for EPO.

Sure he served his time, but once someone has been on the needle, do they ever attempt to run without it?

It's not like 50% of the top Kenyans aren't doped or anything. So who cares?

No Off Seas Test in AFR wrote:

It's not like 50% of the top Kenyans aren't doped or anything. So who cares?

It's doesn't matter? There's no difference between a failed scientific test for EPO and anonymous internet suspicions? Seriously?

South Korea won gold in 1992 and silver in 1996 at the Olympic marathon. Their runners have earned the right to represent their county at the Olympics, even if Korean distance running is currently in a bit of a down period.

This is really insane, on so many different levels.

So what? The US did the same thing 10 years ago with Lagat and there was no fuss. And he TESTED POSITIVE

Galen Rupp Number on Fan wrote:

So what? The US did the same thing 10 years ago with Lagat and there was no fuss. And he TESTED POSITIVE

Interesting point. I think the difference here, however, is that Lagat became a US citizen on his own initiative. In fact, he actually attained that citizenship a few months prior to the 2004 Olympics in which he competed for Kenya, but it was not known until afterward since Kenya does not allow dual citizenship. But with South Korea, it sounds like it is the South Korean Athletics people who are trying to fast-track Loyanae's citizenship for the sole* purpose of him representing South Korea athletically.

*No pun intended.

good gollie miss mollie wrote:

No Off Seas Test in AFR wrote:

It's not like 50% of the top Kenyans aren't doped or anything. So who cares?

It's doesn't matter? There's no difference between a failed scientific test for EPO and anonymous internet suspicions? Seriously?

Yeah, except we don't know how effective the tests are. It's the artifacts of EPO use are ridiculously easy to spot. No public reports! Failing an EPO test is either a swapped sample or failing the IQ test.

The sports federations work hard to keep the misinformation flowing. Few bother to read the wada standards.

The Korean athletic federation had been considering this since before 2010. The Koreans are way behind the curve when it comes to developing athletes. There is a lot of talent there, but the coaching is lacking.

Really?!? I thought most Korean T&F athletes were more interested in playing Starcraft, Warcraft and getting paid 50K a year to run about as fast as a high school kid (save a few exceptions)...

Kwon Jin Seon wrote:

I know a lot of guys on the national team and they are not happy with this either. There is so many different things wrong with this.

The problem is that after Bahrain swept all the medals at the Asian Games last year with Africa talent I am afraid other countries will just try to do the same.

Lee Bong Ju and Hwang Young Cho are probably pissed too!