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21 August 2025
The ITA reports that golf player Eugene Kim Park has been sanctioned with a 4-year period of ineligibility for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) under Article 2.3 of the IGF anti-doping rules (IGF ADR).
The circumstances of the ADRV arise from the athlete’s refusal to provide a sample on 16 October 2023 during an out-of-competition testing mission coordinated by the ITA.
The athlete did not challenge his ADRV. Pursuant to Article 8.3.3 of the IGF ADR, the ITA issued a sanctioning decision¹ imposing the applicable consequences, namely a period of ineligibility of four years from 24 June 2025 until 23 June 2029 and the disqualification of his competitive results from 16 October 2023 onwards.
The decision is subject to appeal before the appeal division of CAS in accordance with Article 13.2.3 of the IGF ADR.
The ITA will not comment further on this case.
¹ When an athlete does not challenge the assertion of an ADRV and does not request a hearing, anti-doping organisations have the possibility to issue a written decision sanctioning the athlete and imposing the applicable consequences without having to refer the case to a hearing panel. This is provided in articles 8.3.2 and 8.3.3 of the IGF anti-doping rules and article 8.3 of the World Anti-Doping Code.
