Hot Corner Letters Email Sports Dept. Despite reprimand for his role in scandal, Kim Un Yong remains a major force in the Olympic movement. South Korea's Kim Un Yong is all those things. Kim is an IOC Executive Board member, a confidant of Samaranch's. Taekwondo, virtually unknown 20 years ago, will become a full-fledged Olympic sport in Sydney.
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Meanwhile, Kim insists that his motives are pure, not political. Questions about his ties and his way of doing business, he said, would seldom arise were it not for the Salt Lake City scandal. El Moutawakel is one of a new generation of International Olympic Committee members. Many are women and athletes, and hail from Third World nations. Won a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.