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Cheeky fencer foiled in bid for team
Fri Jan 13, 2006 09:41 AM ET
By Lee Jin-joo
SEOUL (Reuters) - 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.
Nam Hyun-hee, a top foil fencer, had cosmetic surgery in December on
her eyes to fix a problem that meant her eyelashes were bothering her
vision, reports said.
Along with the eye surgery, she also decided to have a little work
done on her cheeks to increase their amplitude, South Korean media
reported. The cosmetic surgery was not approved by her coaches or the
country's fencing federation, reports said.
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.
Nam could not immediately be reached for comment.
The fencing federation has kicked Nam off the national squad for two
years, officials said, adding they are still looking into the matter.
Nam has asked to be reinstated more quickly so that she can be on the
team for this year's Asian Games and be in good shape for the 2008
Olympics, reports said.
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