{"id":20621,"date":"2026-02-10T21:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=20621"},"modified":"2026-02-10T21:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:03:03","slug":"winter-olympics-2026-south-korean-ski-pair-disqualified-over-use-of-banned-wax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=20621","title":{"rendered":"Winter Olympics 2026: South Korean ski pair disqualified over use of banned wax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Two South Korean cross-country skiers have been disqualified at the Winter Olympics after a banned type of wax was found on their skis.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Han Dasom and Lee Eui-jin were disqualified from the qualification round for the  women&#8217;s classic sprint after their equipment &#8220;tested positive for fluor&#8221;, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fluor &#8211; or fluorinated ski wax &#8211; has been banned by the FIS since the 2023-24 season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is water-repellent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fis-ski.com\/inside-fis\/news\/2024-25\/fis-widens-scope-of-fluor-testing-after-successful-first-season\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">was originally used on sailboats<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a> to make them glide better before being introduced to skiing in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There were also health and environmental concerns as it does not biodegrade and is a &#8216;forever chemical&#8217;, while it has also been linked with a number of illnesses and conditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The FIS said the Korean pair had allegedly violated a rule that bans fluorinated wax because it &#8220;can be a competitive advantage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ranked 157 and 158 in the World Cup respectively, Han and Lee were not expected to be in the running for medals at the Milan-Cortina Games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/articles\/clyzvzpndn0o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two South Korean cross-country&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}