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It was revealed that short track player Lim Hyo-jun, who was naturalized to China, could not compete in the Beijing Olympics without approval from the Korea Sports Association.
The atmosphere of the athletic meet holding the key is firstly negative.
Reporter Kwon Jong-oh covered it alone.
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PyeongChang Olympic gold medalist Hyo-jun Lim announced on the 6th that he will play as China's representative at the Beijing Winter Olympics when he announced his naturalization to China.
However, it is not expected to be easy due to the so-called'three-year rule'.
The Olympic Charter stipulates that an athlete who wants to enter the Olympics with a new nationality must pass three years from the last game played as a previous national.
The last match in which Lim Hyo-jun played as the Korean national team was the World Championship on March 10, 2019, so from March 10, next year, he can play as a Chinese national.
According to the exceptions, if the Korea Sports Association agrees, you can go to the Beijing Olympics, but negative opinions prevail inside the current Sports Association.
This is because, if approved, it is a bad precedent for a disciplined player to play as a representative of another country, and it means that Korea's aces will be handed over to competitors.
[Korea Sports Association official: The atmosphere is not good.
It's a little bit like that you shouldn't do it.
This means I'm going to take the medal outright.
Anyway, it's a little complicated.
It's hot potatoes.]
Even if Lim Hyo-jun, who has acquired Chinese nationality, is selected as the Chinese team's representative, the trip to Beijing is expected to be difficult.
(Video editing: Oh Young-taek)