On December 24, Beijing time, according to South Korean media reports, the Korean Olympic Committee announced that the goal of this Year's Beijing Winter Olympics is to win two gold medals in 2022.
2 gold medals will be the lowest expectation of the South Korean delegation in the Winter Olympics in 20 years, according to the number of medals in the Winter Olympics, this goal is far lower than the 5 gold medals won by South Korea at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the last time achieved 5 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze results on their doorstep, as one of the traditional winter sports powers, the strength of the Korean team has obviously declined, especially their biggest strength - short track speed skating.
The South Korean delegation is so bottomless, the reason is actually very simple, the loss of personnel and the disunity within the team, the South Korean sports scandal, not only the speed skating team, but also many sports teams have been rumored to have internal problems, such as triathlon coach abuse of athletes, resulting in the latter suicide incident, and the South Korean speed skating team, although not so serious, but also inevitably had an impact on their own combat effectiveness.
First of all, the men's short track speed skating men's 3000 meters Olympic champion Lin Xiaojun, in the training camp, in front of the female team members to rip off the pants of male teammates, was removed from the speed skating team, Lin Xiaojun in order to continue his career, the follow-up choice to join the Chinese nationality, according to the rules of the clarification period for naturalized athletes, Lin Xiaojun can now play for China in the Winter Olympics, but the list of Chinese Winter Olympic delegations has not been announced, whether he will participate in the end is still uncertain.
In addition, the South Korean team itself also banned Shen Xixi, the number one person in the women's team, for abusing coaches and teammates on social media, and was suspected of deliberately colliding with teammates in a previous game, coupled with her refusal to apologize at the incident handling meeting, which eventually led to a two-month ban that has been determined not to qualify for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Although the two athletes, Lim Hyo Joon and Shen Seok Hee, have their own moral problems, but the South Korean national team's own lack of team building is the root of their own bad consequences, and they can only accept a relatively dismal winter Olympics.