OCA chief Raja Randhir Singh on Sunday defended the organization's decision to allow North Korea to fly its flag at the Asian Games despite being banned.
HANGZHOU, China -- Olympic Council of Asia chief Raja Randhir Singh on Sunday defended the organization's decision to allow North Korea to fly its flag at the Asian Games despite being banned from doing so over doping violations.
They included not being able to fly the North Korean flag at any regional, continental or world sports event, excluding the Olympics and Paralympics. "We are in discussions with them and North Korea has written to them as well explaining their position," said Singh, the OCA acting president."At present, the North Korean flag is flying and we will look into it and see what the future says."
WADA sanctioned North Korea while its already tight borders were shut following the outbreak of Covid, which saw the Asian nation skip the Olympics in Japan.
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