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Controversy spread after a drug test confirmed that a player who won a gold medal in the baduk event at the 104th National Sports Festival (hereafter referred to as the National Sports Festival) held in Shinan-gun, Jeollanam-do from October 14 to 15 last year took a banned substance It becomes.
According to Cookie News broadcasts on the 9th, Kim Ji-eun, a player from Gyeonggi Province who participated in the mixed doubles match of the Baduk event of the 104th National Sports Festival, was caught taking ‘methylephedrine hydrochloride’, which is classified as S6 (stimulant) in the international standard classification of the banned list He was banned for 18 months. Ji-eun Kim, who won the gold medal in this competition, was suspended for 18 months (from January 22, 2024 to July 21, 2025) for violating drug regulations.
An official from the Korean Anti-Doping Commission’s Legal Investigation Department explained in a phone call with Cookie News, “The banned substance S6, commonly known as a stimulant, has been used as a drug for the purpose of enhancing performance in the track and field. “
Gyeonggi Province’s Baduk Association and Kim Ji-eun, who was caught doping and faced heavy disciplinary action, appealed, claiming, “I took ‘cold medicine’ because I was sick, but it’s unfair that have become a problem because of drugs,” but the disciplinary action was finally upheld on this day as the result did not change.
Meanwhile, in the world of Baduk, there is already widespread concern that Baduk, which has been close to a ‘clean zone’ in the sporting field, could be stigmatized as a problematic sport due to drugs in the future. This is because we cannot rule out the possibility that the allocation points for the Baduk event at the National Sports Festival will be reduced immediately, or that it will act as a negative factor in the work to restore the Baduk budget, which was cut entirely completely year.
This year, there were a total of six cases where banned drugs were finally confirmed by the Korean Anti-Doping Commission’s Legal Investigation Department and sanctions were issued, including water polo, professional golf, bodybuilding, horse riding, and judo.
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