South Korea's Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-hwan reacts as he answers reporters' questions during a news conference at a hotel in Seoul March 27, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL (Reuters) - Former Olympic champion Park Tae-hwan was left off South Korea's national swimming team on Wednesday due to a controversial Korean Olympic Committee regulation that tacked three years onto his 18-month doping ban imposed by world governing body FINA.
Park completed the FINA ban in March after testing positive for testosterone ahead of the Incheon Asian Games in September 2014 but under KOC regulations he must wait three years from the end of his ban to be eligible for national selection again.
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