Delay of National Team Trials Stirs Controversy

By Yi Whan-woo - Korea Times Intern

Some short-track skaters and coaches strongly opposed the Korea Skating Union's (KSU) decision Sunday to postpone the national team trials scheduled for April 23 and 24 until September.
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``Delaying the tryout until September is frustrating for the athletes like me whom have trained for a year for this month's trials," said Ahn Hyun-soo, the triple-gold medalist at the 2006 Torino Olympics, whose father publically stated that Ahn had been barred from participating in the Vancouver Olympics several times.
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The Union has rebutted the argument saying, ``The decision has nothing to do with favoritism or the elimination of specific athletes. It is regrettable that every issue in short-track skating is perceived as a plot.''