An avalanche of controversy in Beijing. Judges help Chinese people? “Fierce Protests”

The controversy begins on Saturday with the mixed relay finals. At first it looked like the tournament favorites would be eliminated after finishing the race behind Hungary and the United States. After the competition, however, the judges also disqualified it, which opened the way for the Chinese to the finals. And in it they got gold.

China is favored? Korean people feel disadvantaged

– I watched the race. I thought that China, the Russian Olympic Committee, and the United States would be punished. The Dutch who saw it with me said the same. But as the analysis dragged on, I figured China would move on. And when the decision was finally made, it was hard for me to accept it. If there was any country other than China in this situation, could this team make it to the finals this way? – wondered in an interview with the Yonhap Kwak Yoon-gy agency, a nourisher of.

Koreaczykw, however, hurt more what happened on Monday, during the men’s 1000 meters competition. Two Koreaczykw were disqualified in the finals. Among them was Hwand Dae-heon – world record holder. He was punished for contact with the Chinese player Li Wenlong (later a silver medalist). In the second finals, Lee Jun-seo was disqualified after an illegal lane change, which led to a contact with Hungary’s Shaolin Sandor Liu.

On Monday night, Yoon Hong Geun, head of the Korean Olympic team, held a press conference to comment on Hwang and Lee’s disqualification. – Sport is about fair play. Only by wild and fair play we, humanly, gain hope and courage and make our dreams come true. have issued a verdict, but 8 billion people on earth should be able to make their own judgment. Please meet the IOC directly. We emphasize that the most important thing in sport is fair play and we ask you to prevent such events from happening. I believe all our athletes played fair and believe they are winners, he said.

The Koreans formally protested, but it was to no avail. It was rejected by the International Union. – The decision will not be changed according to the spirit of the sport, but please do not let such unfair punishments happen again. We are planning more fierce protests – adds Yoon Hong Geun.

Korean fans even called on the local Olympic committee to withdraw all athletes from the event. Such a scenario was ruled out by Hong Geun. – Through the committee and social media, our citizens asked for the delegation to be returned home. There were so many calls that we couldn’t sleep. But due to all the efforts of our athletes and staff to come to Beijing, we decide to stay and finish the Games. There are still many contests left. In the meantime, we will do everything in our power to protest against the penalties, the head of the South Korean national team will end.

Gold and silver for China in the 1000 meter race. There was also controversy here

Let us add that the final of the 1000 meter race will arouse a lot of controversy. Just before the finishing line, the gold medal was won by the representative of Hungary – Shaolin Sandor Liu – who will overtake the Chinese – Ziwei Ren. Hungary, whose father is Chinese, triumphed, even though Ren seemed to be shoving him illegally in the last centimeters of the competition.

Despite the doubts about the events at the finish, it was not Ren but Liu who was disqualified. The judges noticed the illegal blocking of a rival by Hungary a few moments earlier. Protested by the hosts, the gold medal was won by Ren, his silver countryman Wenlong Li, and the brown brother of the disqualified Liu – Shaoang Liu.