2 South Korean skiers disqualified from Olympics over banned substance on equipment

Two South Korean skiers were disqualified astatine the Winter Olympics connected Tuesday aft a banned wax was recovered connected their skis, officials said.

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) said Han Dasom and Lee Eui-jin were retired of the qualification circular for the women’s cross-country classical sprint aft their instrumentality "tested affirmative for fluor."

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Han Dasom of Team Republic of Korea competes successful the Women's 10km + 10km Skiathlon connected time 1 of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games astatine Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium connected Feb. 7, 2026 successful Val di Fiemme, Italy. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

Fluor, known arsenic fluorinated wax, had been banned since the 2023-24 season, according to the BBC. 

The FIS has said fluorinated wax "can beryllium a competitory advantage." The substance is besides said to person wellness and biology concerns.

A Korea Ski Association subordinate defended the athletes successful an interrogation with South Korean media.

"The athletes’ products are not fluorine wax," the authoritative said, via The Athletic. "They tested antagonistic successful each erstwhile planetary competitions with nary anterior issues. We are besides perplexed.

Lee Eui-jin of the Republic of Korea competes during the Women's 5km Cross-Country Skiing Final connected time 3 of the 2025 Asian Winter Games connected Feb. 9, 2025 successful Harbin, China. (Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images)

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"We volition consult experts from wax and skis manufacturers to analyse whether the contented lies with the wax oregon skis."

Neither South Korean skier was among the favorites to triumph the event. Han and Lee were ranked successful 157th and 158th respectively successful the World Cup.

China's Jialin Bayani and South Korea's Han Dasom successful enactment during the women's 5km escaped connected Feb. 9, 2025. (REUTERS/Hannah Mckay)

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The last contention successful the classical subject is acceptable to instrumentality spot connected Feb. 22 – the last time of the Olympics.

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