West Brom's Kim Do-heon has been left out of South Korea's preliminary Olympic squad.
Kim misses out on South Korea's Olympic squad
West Bromwich Albion's Kim Do-heon has been left out of South Korea's preliminary squad for the Beijing Olympics.
Kim, who played in Athens four years ago, recently voiced his desire to represent his country as one of three permitted players over the age of 23 in next month's showpiece event.
The midfielder's omission means he will be available for the start of West Brom's Premier League campaign, which kicks off against Arsenal on August 16th.
National coach Park Sung-hwa also left out Manchester United's Park Ji-sung and selected only one overseas-based player in his squad, Zenit St. Petersburg's Kim Dong-jin.
South Korea have been drawn alongside Italy, Honduras and Cameroon in Group D.
South Korea's full preliminary squad:
Song Yoo-geol (Incheon), Jung Sung-ryong (Seongnam), Yang Dong-won (Daejeon), Kim Jin-hyun (Donggook Univ), Kim Jin-gyu (Seoul), Kim Geun-hwan (Gyunghee Univ), Yoon Won-il (Jeju), Kang Min-soo (Jeonbuk), Lee Yo-han (Jeonbuk), Kim Chang-soo (Busan), Shin Gwang-hoon (Pohang), Choi Chul-soon (Jeonbuk), Jung In-hwan (Jeonnam), Lee Gyu-ro (Jeonnam), Lee Yong-gi (Yonsei Univ), Kim Tae-yoon (Gwangju), Baek Ji-hoon (Suwon), Oh Jang-eun (Ulsan), Ki Sung-yong (Seoul), Lee Chung-yong (Seoul), Jo Yong-cheol (Yokohama), Seo Sang-min (Gyeongnam), Kim Seung-yong (Gwangju), Gu Ja-cheol (Jeju), Kwon Soon-hyung (Koryo Univ), Lee Seung-ryul (Seoul), Cho Yong-tae (Suwon), Han Dong-won (Seongnam), Seo Jung-jin (Jeonbuk), Park Chu-young (Seoul), Lee Geun-ho (Daegu), Shin Young-rok (Suwon), Seo Dong-hyun (Suwon), Ha Tae-gyun (Suwon), Yang Dong-hyun (Ulsan).
