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S.Korean official apologizes for political slogan incident

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-02-02 08:50

South Korean delegation official apologized for the political slogan incident at the 6th Winter Asiad and promised no more occurrence of such incidents.

According to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), the South Korean official whose name was not disclosed, apologized to the OCA, the organizing committee of the 6th Asian Winter Games and the Chinese Olympic Committee for the incident which violated the OCA Constitution and rules.

Five South Korean skaters extended a political slogan after the victory ceremony of the women's 3,000m short track speed skating relay on Wednesday evening.

On February 1, the organizing committee of the 6th Asian Winter Games and the Chinese Olympic Committee protested to the South Korean delegation for the incident which harshly violated the OCA Constitution and rules.

Husain Al Musallam, director general of OCA, filed a warning to the South Koreans and requested them to restrain their athletes and promise not to let similar incidents happen again, otherwise the South Korean delegation will be expelled from the Winter Asiad