Song Seung-joon, 41, a veteran pitcher of the Lotte Giants, a pro baseball player, who is surrounded by suspicion of purchasing banned drugs, began to refute.
On the 11th, Song Seung-jun made a statement through the Lotte club and said, “In 2017, Lee Yeo-sang recommended a product that claims to be a’stem cell nutrient.’
I received the product because I thought that the team junior of the team I worked out with would recommend it in a good way.” I did” insisted.
He added, “I am telling you that there was no financial transaction and drug use,” he said. “After that point, all of the official doping tests conducted by the Korea Anti-Doping Committee (KADA) were also negatively determined.”
“I am currently cooperating with KADA’s investigation,” he said. “Because the investigation is taking place, I have a lot of things to say, but I will spare no words and work on the procedure well afterwards.”
Song Seung-joon, who is scheduled to end his active career with a retirement game this season, apologized for causing concern to fans before a beautiful farewell.
He bowed his head, saying, “I’m sorry for causing concern to the fans with the bad news.”
CBS Radio’Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ reported on the day that “KADA caught the charge of selling banned drugs to active professional baseball players A and B for 16 million won in 2017 by former professional baseball player Yeo-sang Lee.”
A is a player registered in the KBO league as an active player in 2021, and B is retired and is working as an amateur leader.
Although it was an anonymous report, Song Seung-jun, who was designated as Player A based on several clues, immediately refuted.
The Lotte club also said through an official statement, “I had an interview with Song Seung-joon right after the report.”
/yunhap news
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