South Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan will meet with representatives from the national Olympic committee over his status for this year's Summer Games, a senior sports official has told Yonhap News Agency.

Cho Young-ho, secretary-general of the Korean Olympic Committee, on Thursday said Park will visit the KOC's headquarters in Seoul for a meeting at 10 a.m. on May 25.

Park's agency, Team GMP, confirmed that Park requested a meeting with the KOC on Tuesday and heard back from the organization about the schedule earlier Thursday.

Park, the 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the men's 400m freestyle, remains ineligible for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics because of his recent doping history. The KOC stipulates that athletes who've served doping bans aren't eligible to represent the country for three years, starting on the days that their suspensions end.

Park had earlier tested positive for testosterone, and his ban began retroactively in September 2014 and ended in March this year.

Cho will likely represent the KOC, while Park will be accompanied by his family.

Despite his ban, Park chose to compete at the final Olympic trials last month and won the 100m, 200m, 400m and 1,500m freestyle races. He also met the Olympic "A" standards set by FINA, the international swimming governing body, in all four, and would have qualified for Rio if not for the KOC rule.

On Wednesday, the Korea Swimming Federation left Park off its preliminary Olympic team.

The KOC has maintained that it wouldn't create exceptions for any particular athlete, but it has come under mounting pressure to alter its stance in the aftermath of Park's victories at the Olympic trials.

Critics say the KOC is unfairly punishing Park twice for the same offense, and the principle of double punishment runs counter to international standards.

In 2011, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest sports tribunal, handed down a decision against the "Osaka Rule," which barred athletes who had served a doping-related suspension for at least half a year from competing at the following Olympic Games.

Park has publicly pleaded for a second opportunity. He may take his case to the CAS for arbitration and though an appeal typically takes weeks, Park's case can be fast-tracked and settled much quicker. (Yonhap)