Apology the priority for Park, says swim federation


  • Swimming
  • Wednesday, 25 Mar 2015

South Korea's Park Tae-hwan poses with his silver medal for the men's 200m freestyle final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 30, 2012. REUTERS/David Gray

SEOUL (Reuters) - The head of South Korea's swimming federation says there will be time to discuss Park Tae-hwan's future but first and foremost the swimmer has to apologise for failing a doping test that resulted in an 18-month ban.

Park, a twice world champion and the first Korean to win an Olympic swimming medal, tested positive for testosterone in an out-of-competition test conducted by the sport's ruling body FINA last September ahead of the Asian Games.

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