In October 2016 the International Skating Union (ISU) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the minor Korean Athlete Kim Ye Lim for her failure to be available to submit to sample collection at the ISU competition in Yokohama on 11 September 2016. After notification the Athlete nor the Korean Skating Union filed a statement of reply and the decisions was rendered without further hearing.
The ISU Panel finds that the fact that the Athlete was a minor (13) at the time of the anti-doping control is in this case irrelevant and not a circumstance that could exempt her from being submitted to the anti-doping regulations in the same way as all the other participants to the competitions.
Therefore the ISU Disciplinary Commission rules that the Athlete is responsible for a violation of the ISU Anti-Doping Rules and decides on 25 November 2016 to impose a reprimand on the Athlete.
