the general Korean legal community’s stance is that “the rule can be deemed ‘double jeopardy’ and, thus, should be thrown out.” A case in point for precedence is the 2011 “Osaka rule”, a situation in which the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that athletes serving a suspension of more than six months could not also then be banned from competing at the next Olympic Games.
For his part, regarding a possible short-term or long-term Olympic run, Park simply told reporters, “I will prepare myself to grab the chance when it comes.”