Cheeky fencer foiled in bid for team (1)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2006-01-15 19:49 ID:Heaven

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060113/od_nm/korea_fencing_dc
"One of South Korea's top women fencers was dropped from the country's national team because she underwent plastic surgery that included receiving cheek implants, local media reported."

"The cheek surgery caused her to miss several days of practice because of a swollen face. This angered her coaches and South Korean fencing officials who said she should not have put improving her personal appearance ahead of her commitment to the team.

"We have to be more strict in the management of our athletes. For instance, what are other athletes thinking when a fellow athlete is lounging around because of plastic surgery?," Oh Wan-gun, the director of the Korean Fencing Federation said by telephone Friday."

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