Reuters-Asia Olympic body backs North Korea flag at Hangzhou despite WADA ban
September 24, 2023 2 min 402 words
这则报道涉及到北韩国旗在杭州亚洲运动会上的争议。尽管世界反兴奋剂机构（WADA）已经禁止北韩国旗在国际大型体育赛事上飘扬，但亚洲奥林匹克理事会（OCA）却支持北韩国旗继续出现在杭州亚洲运动会上。这是一项引人关注的决定，因为北韩被指未遵守全球反兴奋剂规则。 首先，这一决定表明亚洲奥林匹克理事会的立场是让每个国家都有机会参与，即使在国际兴奋剂规则上存在争议。这体现了体育精神和团结的一面，但也可能引发一些道德和竞技公平性的问题。WADA的禁令是基于北韩未能实施有效的兴奋剂检测计划，这是确保竞技公平的重要措施。 其次，这一决定也可能引发与国际奥委会和其他国际体育组织之间的紧张关系。北韩曾被国际奥委会暂时停权，而亚洲奥林匹克理事会的决定似乎在一定程度上挑战了国际奥委会的权威。这可能会导致未来的复杂外交和法律纠纷。 最后，这一事件也突显了体育与政治之间的交织关系。在俄罗斯入侵乌克兰后，俄罗斯和白俄罗斯的运动员原本计划参加杭州亚洲运动会，但由于“后勤”问题而取消。这进一步凸显了国际体育赛事如何受到国际政治局势的影响。 总之，亚洲奥林匹克理事会的决定引发了众多复杂问题，涉及体育、政治和道德层面。未来的发展将需要各方深入讨论和协商，以找到平衡，确保体育公平和国际体育组织的权威。
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) says it is happy for the North Korea flag to keep flying at the Hangzhou Asian Games despite it being banned over the country's non-compliance with global anti-doping rules.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned the flag at all major sporting events, outside the Olympic and Paralympic Games, in 2021 after deeming North Korea had failed to implement an effective testing programme.
But North Korean athletes marched proudly behind the flag at Saturday's opening ceremony in Hangzhou and it has been displayed at competitions and in the athletes village.
Acting OCA President Randhir Singh said Asian Games organisers and North Korea were in discussions with WADA but that the flag was still "flying".
"North Korea also has written to WADA as well, explaining their position," he told reporters on Sunday.
"We are explaining it from our side as well. At present the North Korea flag is flying and we will look into it and see what the future says.
"Let me tell you, our intention is that everyone should participate and everyone should have the opportunity to participate.
"And if there are certain issues that happen through this pandemic and that period, so we should consider that, take it into account."
The Hangzhou Asian Games is the first international multi-sport event North Korea is attending since the 2018 edition in Jakarta.
North Korea was suspended from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) until the end of 2022, missing last year's Beijing Winter Games, after failing to send a team to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The Asian Games was originally to host up to 500 athletes from Russia and Belarus, despite widespread competition bans for the countries' athletes following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special military operation".
However, the IOC confirmed in the lead up to Hangzhou that they would not participate due to "logistical" issues.
Singh said the athletes would have "otherwise been most welcome" and left the door open for them to participate at future Asian competitions.