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Taiwan: Taiwanese taekwondo star withdraws arbitration appeal
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Taiwanese taekwondo athlete Yang Shu-chun on Thursday withdrew her appeal with the Switzerland-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over a disqualification dispute with the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF).
"Now I will devote my all energy to preparing for the Olympic Games and will not let any arbitration procedures bother me or interfere with my preparations," Yang added.
CTTA President Hsu An-chin said at the press conference that he supported Yang's "withdrawal" decision.
Truth will never be known in taekwondo cheating case
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[Yang Shu-chun's announcement] has shocked the whole country, which has supported her following her alleged cheating incident last year.
The court was scheduled to hold an arbitration hearing on the Yang disqualification case Aug. 9-10 in Switzerland, according to Taiwan's Cabinet-level Sports Affairs Council.
the decision apparently did not earn Hsu and Yang friendship from within the country.
Many were disgruntled over Yang's decision because they felt “betrayed” by the athlete, since it was she who first decided to file an appeal to “bring justice” and restore her reputation.
Yang was given NT$3 million from the government to support her training and she was also handed a teaching position at a local sports university since the nation was back then in the mood to show her strong support.
Yang said the withdrawal of the arbitration appeal will not affect her pursuit of the truth and proof of her integrity. But how will the decision be seen by other taekwondo athletes and the WTF, which first accused Yang of cheating.
Yang's argument that winning an Olympic gold medal could help settle all the injustice she has endured is equally confusing. It is as if she is suggesting that getting a high score in a new test could serve as evidence that she did not cheat in a previous one.
Yang's decision to drop arbitration will only make her a victim of controversy, because in giving up the appeal we have been denied the last opportunity to learn the truth regarding the incident.
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some observers said the move could leave local taekwondo athletes vulnerable in the future. The withdrawal of the appeal means the truth behind Yang's disqualification at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou will not be clarified and justice will never be served, they lamented.
While respecting Yang's decision, [Chen Chien-ping, former president of the Chinese Taipei Taekwondo Association (CTTA)] also expressed doubt that she had come to such a decision completely out of her own will or made the decision with pleasure.
Sports sources said that since the CTTA was reorganized early this year, support for Yang's appeal has dwindled and the SAC's attitude toward the appeal has also gradually changed.
With the WTF privately threatening to suspend Taiwanese athletes' participation in world competitions if Yang insisted on taking her case to the CAS, the sources said, the CTTA and the SAC have exerted pressure on Yang and let her to decide on her own whether to continue the appeal.
At the end of the day, Yang surrendered to the pressure and decided to drop her appeal, the sources said.
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former CTTA chairman Chen Chien-ping (陳建平) said in an article in the Chinese-language Liberty Times [...] that Yang was forced to drop the appeal and sign a proxy enabling the CTTA to handle the lawsuit on her behalf under threat from association officials.
Hsu visited Seoul in April to negotiate with the World Taekwondo Federation about the case and reported to SAC Minister Tai Hsia-ling (戴遐齡) on May 17, Chen said, adding that Yang made more than a dozen phone calls to SAC Deputy Minister Steven Chen (陳士魁) for help after her June 6 meeting with Hsu.
Hsu threatened Yang by saying that her place on the Olympic taekwondo team, the position of her boyfriend and coach Liu Tsung-ta (劉聰達), as well as training expenses, would all be at stake, Chen Chi-mai said.
“[...] Hsu tried to talk Yang into withdrawing the appeal, but Yang was unwilling to do so for various reasons,” Steven Chen said. “Each side stood their ground. Yang felt that she would not be able to leave the meeting if she did not sign the proxy, which she eventually signed.”
Chen Chien-ping said CTTA officials had held more than one meeting with Yang, adding that each meeting lasted about six to seven hours. “She finally could not take it anymore and asked SAC officials to stand with her so that the CTTA would not make her sign it, but the SAC officials said it was beyond their jurisdiction to do so,” Chen Chien-ping said.
L'affaire est maintenant une affaire interne taiwanaise, c'est encore pire.