They drank two beers, four South Korean fundraisers suspended 6 months and technical staff cleared!

At first glance it may sound like a joke, but it's all true. The Yonhap press agency reported that the South Korean male cross-country team and its technical staff ended up in the eye of cyclone just before the Olympic Games at home. The reason? Aver drinking too much beer ...

Friday 28 April 2017 3 minutes reading time

The Korean Ski Federation (KSA) has announced that it has suspended for 6 months and excluded from the national team four cross-country skiers, killing to have drank during the Asian Winter Games held in Sapporo at the end of February. The names of the four have not been communicated but can be obtained by exclusion. The South Koreans present at the event were 6 and Yonhap reported that only two men were allowed to continue training under the federation's eagerness. This is Magnus Kim and Cho Yong-jin. Therefore these two are not involved in the measure. As a result, the four suspensions are Hwang Jun-ho, Park Seong-beom, Kim Min-woo and Kim Eun-ho. Except for the latter, the other three were part of the relay that in Sapporo got the bronze medal. The sanctioned defended by claiming that he only drank a couple of cans of beer, but the federation explained that the decision was made to give an example in order to bring the discipline back to the team and prevent a crash Something can be repeated in the future. As if it were not enough, KSA announced that the entire technical staff, consisting of Russian Mikhail Deviatiarov and the autochthonous Lee Jun-gil and Pak Byung-joo, will not be confirmed and are already looking to find substitutes to ensure preparation Ideal for the upcoming winter olympic home games. In short, iron fist. Evidently, the will is to keep their athletes in line with PyeongChang 2018 in order to avoid any controversy or cause of scandal.

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