▲ Hwang Dae-heon of the Korean national short track team is smiling while training at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China on the 8th.
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Hwang Dae-heon responded to a reporter's question about whether there was a way to prepare for the extreme bias judgment after training for the national short track team held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China on the 8th.
He then added, "There are too many people who can speak Korean here, so I can't speak," making the reporters laugh.
It was a witty response reminiscent of coach Kim Seon-tae and technical coach Victor An (Ahn Hyun-soo), a Russian from Korea, in the Chinese national team.
In the short track men's 1000m semi-final, Daeheon Hwang crossed the finish line neatly in first place, but was unable to reach the final due to an incomprehensible penalty.
Hwang Dae-heon recalled the situation at the time, saying, "I couldn't touch (with the other players) at all. At the beginning of the game, a Chinese player touched his knee, so I thought he was watching it."
He continued, "I learned that judgments like this can be made." He said, "I get angry a lot, but I have a lot of games left, so I try to eat well and sleep well. There are many people who support me and my back is strong. I want to show a good side."
Regarding Hungarian Shaolin Sandor Liu, who became a victim of bias in the final, he said, "I think that friend will also be sorry.
Hwang Dae-heon will start the men's 1500m race from 8pm tonight.
He said, "I hope that such (absurd) judgments will not come out in the future," he said.