Beijing time on July 16 news, South Korean swimming Olympic champion Park Tae-hwan was confirmed to be infected with the new crown, is now in the isolation stage. Park Tae-huan is an old rival in Chinese men's swimming, once won the Beijing Olympics men's 400-meter freestyle championship, but after the drug, his state declined, various commercial endorsements were forced to stop, and his income showed a cliff-like decline, during which he was helplessly abandoned by his girlfriend, and the two parted ways.
According to South Korean media reports, Park Tae-hwan received a new crown test on the 15th, the result was positive, and he was immediately isolated for observation and treatment.
According to the report, Park Tae-hwan was busy recording a variety show, before that, a volleyball player was infected with the new crown, Park Tae-hwan as a close contact for nucleic acid testing, the results were also positive, in addition to the above two, judo player Liu Dong-sik was also diagnosed with new crown, not only that, the model Han Hye-jin's test was also positive, the recording of this program was urgently stopped, and the relevant personnel were in isolation.
Park Tae-hwan is the main opponent of the Chinese men's freestyle and was once one of the number one rivals. Park Tae-hwan became famous earlier than Sun Yang, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Park Tae-hwan won the men's 400-meter freestyle championship, but in London, he lost to Sun Yang and regretted not being able to defend his title.
After the Beijing Olympic Games, Park Tae-hwan and Sun Yang met many times in important events such as the Olympic Games, the World Championships, and the Asian Games, at this time Sun Yang has become an international superstar, and he has won a crushing victory in the face of Park Tae-huan. However, on the sidelines, Sun Yang and Park Tae-hwan are very good friends, and at the Incheon Asian Games, Sun Yang also gave Park Tae-hwan a birthday.
In September 2014, Park Tae-hwan was tested for doping by FINA, and the results were positive for both A and B bottles, and he himself said that he had misused banned drugs during treatment at beauty salons, but FINA rejected Park Tae-hwan's defense, and the Korean Swimming Association banned him.
This doping storm brought a fatal blow to Park Tae-hwan, his business endorsement was either canceled or terminated in advance, the income fell sharply, and the beauty anchor Zhang Yiyuan, who was in love with him for less than half a year, also proposed to break up, during this time, Park Tae-huan's career fell into a trough, and the love field was also frustrated.
Later, although Park Tae-hwan insisted, it was difficult to return to the peak state, and the international competition rarely achieved eye-catching results, so it faded out of the swimming field. At present, Park Tae-hwan is active in the variety circle, from time to time to participate in the recording of variety shows, and still has a certain influence and popularity in South Korea.