The Chinese state-run media risked Korea again.

On the 16th, the state-run Global Times published an article titled 'The Chinese team broke the Olympic record by winning 6 gold medals' in the center of the homepage.

This is a report after Chinese athlete Sui Ming won the gold medal in the men's big air snowboarding event the day before.

With Sui Ming's victory, China moved to 6th place in the medal ranking with 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.

He broke the record at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he won five gold medals.

He predicted that he could aim for at least four gold medals in skiing, short track and figure skating in the remaining races.

It's something to celebrate.



Global Times: "Chinese team doesn't enjoy much home advantage"

The reporting did not stop there.

The media claimed, "The Chinese team did not enjoy much home advantage at the Beijing Winter Olympics held in the main room."

Examples include Sui Ming's missed gold medal in the previous snowboarding slopestyle event and Ren Ziwei's disqualification in the semifinals of the 1,500m short track.

Suiming's case makes sense.

Sui Ming took the silver medal in the snowboarding slopestyle final on the 7th, 2.26 points behind Canadian player Parrott.

After the match, it was revealed that Parrott's hand gripping motion during his performance was not perfect.

Chinese fans were outraged that they had missed the gold medal due to the misconduct of the referee, and the International Ski Federation actually admitted that they had come.

But the case of Runzwei is different.

When Korean player Park Jang-hyuk penetrated the in-course and beat Runtzway, Runzway raised his hands and flashed his hands, reminiscent of 'Hollywood Action', but as a result of video analysis, it was judged that there was no problem.

Rather, it was found that Ren Ziwei blocked another player with his arm and was disqualified.

Ren Ziwei himself admitted shortly after the match, saying, "I collided with another player by a rudimentary mistake."

There was no judgment call.




Prior to this, China was not disqualified in the semifinals of the short track 2,000m mixed relay even though there was no touch between the athletes.

The Chinese team eventually took the gold medal.

Also, in the men's 1,000m semi-final, Korean athletes Hwang Dae-heon and Lee Jun-seo were disqualified one after another due to bias, so two Chinese athletes advanced to the final, and Chinese athletes took both gold and silver medals.

It was Renzwei who won the gold medal, and the Hungarian player who finished first in the final was also penalized, causing another decision dispute.

At least two gold medals were taken by China after the controversy over the decision.

China is not in a situation to talk about a 'home advantage'.


"Korea enjoys home advantage not only in the Olympics but also in the World Cup"

The Global Times further mentioned Korea.

“Unlike some other countries that have clearly enjoyed a home advantage, China is trying to present a fair and clean Olympics,” he said, citing Korea as the only country that clearly enjoyed a home advantage.

"Korea enjoyed a home advantage not only in the Olympics but also in the 2002 World Cup," he wrote.

He also said that the Chinese audience and netizens are also maturing.

He said that he encouraged players who did not win medals rather than attacking them, and that radical voices were becoming isolated.

In the eyes of the Chinese state media, it seems that Chinese netizens' comments such as "Korean players always win by foul" and "Players like Hwang Dae-heon should be banned from playing for the rest of their lives" seem to be invisible.

It seems that Chinese netizens flocked to the SNS of BTS and Korean short track commentators and attacked the comments.




Korea may have enjoyed a home advantage in the Olympics and World Cup.

Home advantage is always there in any country.

Even if it's not biased, the host country's players, who practice much more at the actual stadium and receive unilateral support from their own audiences, tend to get better results than foreign players competing in an unfamiliar environment.

It seems intentional that the Chinese state media mentioned Korea as the only example.

It is heard that the Chinese players did not enjoy the home advantage because Korea protested harshly at the beginning of the tournament.

It is read as 'Neonambul', where what they gain is not an advantage, but only what others have gained as an advantage.

Aiming at a specific country doesn't seem to fit the 'Olympic spirit' that China so much emphasizes.