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Olympic is a stage where athletes who have prepared hard for four years compete fairly and fairly.
However, in this competition, the spirit of the Olympics is being stained by an absurd referee's decision.
Just yesterday (the 7th) in the short track, our athletes performed a great race, but were disqualified and did not reach the final.
It was the referee's decision, not the sweat and effort of the players, that decided the color of the medals.
Reporter Ha Seong-ryong looked back at the match in Beijing to see what the problem was.
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Hwang Dae-heon, who was running 3rd in the 1,000m semi-final, exquisitely digs into the in-course, beating the two leading Chinese players to take first place.
However, the result of the video reading was disqualification.
[At the end of the straight section, contact occurred due to a late illegal overtaking and Hwang Dae-heon was disqualified.]
[Caster Bae Seong-jae: Oh, so absurd]
[Commentator Park Seung-hee: This makes no sense]
According to the regulations, the corner starts from the end of the straight line drawn on the main road.
If you are overtaking in the second black block section of , you will be disqualified as 'Late illegal overtaking' if you touch your opponent.
However, Hwang Dae-heon quickly entered without touching both players, and Li Wen-rung, who was overtaken, touched Hwang Dae-heon's leg with his hand, so he had to be disqualified.
[Park Seung-hee/SBS Short Track Commentator: I was also expected because I was subjected to a lot of (biased judgment) when I was a player, but I think this is a little overdone, I think it crossed the line.]
Lee Jun-seo's disqualification was also not surprising.
After Lee Jun-seo passed, he was completely seated on the in-course, and a Hungarian player behind him caught up and collided.
Rather, China's Wu Dajing seemed to have contributed to the clash by shoving the Hungarian player with his hand, but no sanctions were imposed.
Our players, who had to give up their anger at the absurd decision, left the interview room in silence, and Hwang Dae-heon posted the words of 'Basketball Emperor' Michael Jordan on his social media account, expressing his will, "I will definitely overcome obstacles."
After falling during the 1,000m race yesterday, Park Jang-hyeok, who had his left back torn from a scrape on the Wuda Jing Day in China, underwent 11 stitches, and will decide whether or not to compete while monitoring his condition.
As the pain grows from the successive biased judgments, our athletes will continue the tough challenge in the men's 1,500m tomorrow.
(Video coverage: Hong Jong-su, Lee Chan-soo, video editing: Kim Jong-tae)
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