The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said on Sunday it was trying to resolve the 'sensitive issue' of its decision to allow North Korea to fly its flag at the Hangzhou Asian Games despite it being banned over non-compliance with global anti-doping rules.
Asian Games - Hangzhou 2022 - Judo - Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China - September 24, 2023 The North Korea flag is seen during the Men's 66kg medal ceremony REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File PhotoHANGZHOU, China, Oct 8 - The Olympic Council of Asia said on Sunday it was trying to resolve the "sensitive issue" of its decision to allow North Korea to fly its flag at the Hangzhou Asian Games despite it being banned over non-compliance with global anti-doping rules.
But the flag has been displayed throughout the 19th Asian Games: at the opening ceremony, in the athletes' village, and at competitions and medal ceremonies. "We are in touch with them and we are trying to resolve this issue hopefully in the next couple of days we will be able to get through to what WADA wants," Vinod Kumar Tiwari, OCA acting director general, told a news conference in Hangzhou.
"North Korea, the DPRK Korea, has also written a letter to them very lately telling them that the borders have opened and they can send the doping control officers for the testing which the WADA has agreed and they will be shortly sending it to the DPRK, to North Korea," Tiwari added.
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