DPRK shooter tests positive for doping: IOC
15/8/2008 17:08
Kim Jong-su of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has tested
positive for banned substance at the ongoing Beijing Olympic Games, the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in Beijing today at a press
conference.
Kim, who took bronze in men's 10-meter air pistol on Aug. 9 and
silver in the men's 50-meter pistol final on Aug. 12, has tested positive for
EPO and been excluded from the Games, said IOC press director Giselle
Davies.
She said the IOC decided at an executive board meeting today to
disqualify Kim's medals. "Of course the IOC now asks the shooting sports
federation to modify the results."
In the 10-meter pistol event, the third
place now goes to Jason Turner from the United States. In the 50-meter event,
silver goes to Tan Zongliang from China and bronze to Vladimir Isakov from
Russia, said Davies.
Kim, born in 1977, took bronze in 50-meter pistol at
Athens in 2002 and had expected gold in Beijing. He scored 660.2 points in the
50-meter event in Beijing, 0.2 point behind Jin Jong Oh from South Korea.
His
personal best result scored 684.5 points in 10-meter air pistol at the World Cup
in Guangzhou of southern China in 2006.
He was the second athlete to test
positive at the Beijing Games, following Spanish cyclist Maria Isabel
Moreno.
Xinhua
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