At the 9th Asian Winter Games held in Harbin, South Korean media accused the Chinese athlete who won the gold medal in short track speed skating of "obvious fouls". In the men's 500m short track speed skating final of the Asian Winter Games held on the 8th, the champion was Chinese player Lin Xiaojun. However, a number of South Korean media outlets, including the Korean National Daily, reported that during the game, teammate Sun Long put his hand on Lin Hyojun's buttocks, wondering if he was pushed out.
Lin Xiaojun, who won the gold medal in the short track speed skating competition at the 9th Asian Winter Games (front)
According to the Hankyoreh Daily, with two laps left before the tiebreaker, Lim Hyojun was third after South Korea's Park Ji-won and China's Sun Long. It is said that at the beginning of here, Lin Xiaojun turned on the transcendence mode, and in the process of overtaking, Sun Long, who was ranked third, pushed his ass hard and slid to the front.
The report pointed out: "With the strength at that time, Lim Hyojun surpassed Park Ji-won in the final stage and won the gold medal. The Korean team also analyzed the scene after the match. The newspaper also introduced the views of relevant people in the Korean short track speed skating community: "Although I know that the Chinese team does not have any verbal communication, this is a clear foul. South Korea also had the experience of being fouled in the individual competition for the same push. ”
The ISU rules also state that "each athlete must compete as an individual. In the relay race, in addition to the push (boost) received by the competitor from the partner, the help from the other runners will be the target of sanctions. On the other hand, there are also rules that have been proposed within 30 minutes after the end of the game, and "the result seems to be unchangeable."
Although it happened between Chinese players, Lim Hyojun is a naturalized player from South Korea, so it has attracted great attention from the Korean media. Lin Xiaojun won a bronze medal in the men's 500m short track speed skating and a gold medal in the 1500m at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics.