"Open Eyes and Nose Beijing"



Yesterday (7th), Korean athletes Hwang Dae-heon and Lee Jun-seo were disqualified one after another due to incomprehensible judgments in the men's 1000m short track speed track skating semifinals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.




In the midst of controversy and chaos, former Chinese short track speed skater Wang Meng-i Hwang Dae-heon (23, Gangwon Provincial Office), who was called 'the king of fouls' during his active duty, reacted suspiciously to the disqualification.



Wang Meng, known as the 'Chinese short track legend', was called 'bad hand' and 'foul king' in Korea because whenever he met Korean players, he harassed Korean players with frequent and subtle fouls.

He is also the person who applauded Park Jang-hyeok when he fell down in the 2000m short track mixed relay race on the 5th and said, "I fell well."



China's Sina Sports reported, "I didn't notice Hwang Dae-heon's disqualification while watching Meng Wang's match."



Even Wang Meng, who watched Hwang Dae-heon's match, directly mentioned that he was surprised by the 'disqualification decision', which can be interpreted as meaning that there was no obvious error in the course of the match.





Hwang Dae-heon, who started in 3rd place in the men's 1000m short track semi-final group 1 race, with four laps left on the finish line, dug the in-course with explosive acceleration, beating China's Renziwei and Li Wenlong at once.



Hwang Dae-heon, who took the lead, has since passed the finish line while maintaining the first place.



Soon after, an outrageous thing happened.



He was disqualified for obstructing the path of the players behind him by a belated lane change during the race.



The referee instead awarded China's Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong to the finals.



Jun-seo Lee (22, Korea National University), who entered the race following the race, also crossed the finish line in second place, but was eliminated for the same reason.





Domestic netizens who watched the match in real time responded that it was absurd.



"It's the Beijing Olympics with my eyes open," "I ignored the Korean and world players who shed blood, sweat and tears for four years" and "Why did we call them to the local sports day in China?"



Chinese netizens poured out primary criticisms such as "The Korean team always wins with fouls", "They did a lot of bad things in Pyeongchang, and then they do their job," and "Korean sports are dirty."



The controversy over the decision continued into the final.

China's Runzwei, who crossed the finish line in 2nd place, openly grabbed the body of Hungary's Shaolin Sandor Liu, who was running in the lead at the end of the race, but the referee disqualified Xiaolin and the gold medal was returned to China's Runzwei.




Media from around the world are also talking about the incomprehensible verdict.



The Associated Press pointed out that "It was a controversial final," and that Ren Ziwei caught Xiao Lin, but the umpires rather penalized Xiao Lin. Meanwhile, Dae-Heon

Hwang



posted on his SNS yesterday, quoting the words of 'Basketball Emperor' Michael Jordan in English, expressing his feelings about the controversy over bias.



.When you meet a wall, don't go back or give up. Find a solution on how to climb the wall, and overcome that wall." Recalling the saying left by Jordan, it seems that he is determined to not give in to China's home territoriality and to win.




Hwang Dae-heon will compete in the 1500m race on the 9th, the 500m final on the 13th, and the 5000m relay final on the 16th.