Reuters: Sports News: Olympian Cho banned two years for skate tampering

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Olympian Cho banned two years for skate tampering Aug 27th 2013, 00:29 Tweet Share this Email Print Olympic speedskater Simon Cho speaks during a press conference in Salt Lake City, Utah October 5, 2012. Credit: Reuters/George Frey Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:29pm EDT (Reuters) - United States skater Simon Cho has been banned for two years by the International Skating Union (ISU) after confessing he had tampered with a Canadian rival's skates at the 2011 world team short-track championships in Poland. The suspension, announced by the ISU in Lausanne on Monday, started retroactively on October 5, 2012 and will end on October 4 next year, ruling Cho out of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Cho, who won a bronze medal in the 5,000 meters relay at the 2010 Vancouver Games, said last October he had been ordered by his coach Chun Jae-su to tamper with Olivier Jean's skate. Chun, who has since resigned as U.S. short track speedskating coach, was also found "guilty of misconduct and of violation" of the ISU's code of ethics and given a two-year ban that will end on August 25, 2015. Chun and assistant coach Yeo Jun-hyung denied ordering Cho to damage the Canadian's skate but admitted to knowing about tampering and failing to report the incident. Jean was unable to compete in the 5,000 meters relay final at the 2011 world championships because the blade had been bent out of shape and Canada, with only three skaters instead of the permissible four, finished last. "I am deeply embarrassed and sad to confirm certain allegations that have been made in the arbitration demand brought by a group of my fellow speed skaters against US Speedskating and the coaches," Cho said last October. "It was the biggest mistake of my life and one that I regret with all my heart." (Reporting by Mark Lamport-Stokes in Los Angeles; Editing by Greg Stutchbury) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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