The Korean government delegation, who watched the match at the <Anchor>



site, said that it was an absurd and absurd situation and that there was even talk of withdrawing the team.

Despite this, the Chinese media are reporting that the judgment is accurate, and some Chinese netizens are also continuing to make unreasonable claims.



Correspondent Kim Ji-seong from Beijing delivered the news.



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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hwang Hee, who is visiting Beijing as the head of the Olympic government delegation, said this about her impressions of watching the short track race.



[Hwang Hee/Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism: It was such an embarrassing, absurd and outrageous situation.]



Immediately after the match, I had a countermeasure meeting with the team leader, and he said that the opinion that all the players had to be withdrawn came out.



[Hwang Hee / Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism: It was a tense atmosphere.

Is it really something that should just be passed on like this, or at this point, I have to think about withdrawing?

.]



However, he said that it could create an unstable environment for the players who had been preparing for four years, so we decided to respond by sending a letter of protest and filing a complaint with the arbitral tribunal.



Even foreign officials said that the disqualification of Korean players was a 'scandal', and that even if the verdict is not overturned, it is necessary to record it.



Presidential candidates such as Lee Jae-myung, Yoon Seok-yeol, Shim Sang-jung, and Ahn Cheol-soo also used the expression of anger to criticize the biased judgment with one voice.



On the other hand, the Chinese media responded that the judgment was accurate.



The hashtag 'Korean player refused to be interviewed and left the stadium' once topped the Chinese SNS search rankings and recorded more than 600 million views.



Chinese netizens flocked to the SNS of SBS commentator Park Seung-hee, a former short track national team member who pointed out the biased judgment, and commented, 'Korean players have always won by foul'.




There were also malicious comments on the SNS of BTS leader RM, who gave encouragement to our players.



As the judgment of territoriality continued from the beginning of the tournament, even the word 'Chinese sports', not the Olympics, is coming out.



(Video coverage: Choi Duk-hyun, video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon, CG: Jang Seong-beom, Ban So-hee)