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At the recent Beijing Winter Olympics, due to the early elimination of the South Korean team in many short track speed skating events, many South Korean netizens who were red in the performance of the Chinese team were "incompetent and furious" and sprinkled their anger on the Korean-Russian coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team, An Hyun-so, and his family. In the early hours of February 8, a troubled Ahn Hyun-so posted a lengthy post in Korean on social media imploring South Korean netizens not to attack their families for areas they could not interfere with or false reports. At present, the original post cannot be found on its social media accounts.
Ahn Hyun-so writes: "All the situations I am in now are caused by my past choices, so I will bear all the criticism and blame." But there is no mistake that my family has been hurt and hurt, which is the most hurt and sad thing for me. ”
He said he had a lot of shortcomings and understood that many people were disappointed in his choice, but he had been doing his best to play any role he was given. "I've been careful with every word and haven't given an official interview. I know how urgent and important the Olympic stage is for the athletes, and I feel sorry for the current penalty problems, as a senior, colleague, and coach. ”
At the end of the article, Ahn Hyun-so implores netizens to "not indiscriminately insult or maliciously leave messages about my family members who suffer because of me because of things or false reports in areas where I can't intervene", and thanked his supporters.
A screenshot of Ahn Hyun-so's Instagram post
On the evening of February 7, China's Ren Ziwei and Li Wenlong won gold and silver medals in the men's 1000m final of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, while South Korean players Huang Daxian and Li Junshu, who had high hopes from South Korea, were disqualified in the semi-finals on the same day and missed the medal. Previously, on the 5th, the Chinese team also won the championship in the mixed team relay final of the short track speed skating project, winning the first gold of the Chinese team at the Winter Olympics, while the South Korean short track speed skating team fell in the 1/4 final because the team members fell, ranking third in the group, and finally eliminated.
Many South Korean netizens are dissatisfied with South Korea's results, believing that the referee in the short track speed skating event is called "blowing the black whistle". But in fact, the International Skating Federation has issued a statement on its official website on the 8th to reject the south Korean team's appeal, saying that there is no problem with the video judgment.
Ahn Hyun-so who celebrates for the Chinese team. Image from News 1
Ahn Hyun-so, who unabashedly cheered on the Chinese players and supported the verdict in these two matches, was very glaring to South Koreans, and many people made their attitudes on news websites and social media, telling Ahn Hyun-soo to "not come to South Korea" and "not want to see him in South Korea", calling him a "blood-sucking bat" and "egoist".
In addition to Ahn Hyun-so himself, many South Koreans have also targeted Ahn Hyun-so's wife, Yu Na-ri, left malicious comments under the social media accounts of his personal shopping site, and launched vicious attacks on Ahn Hyun-so and his family using unspeakable swear words.
Some people directly insulted the two as "traitorous slaves": "Now that the daughter should be old enough to go to school, what should I do, I should be madly teased as the daughter of a traitorous slave." Because of the greed of the parents, the poor only children, sigh. ”
Some people excused themselves for leaving bad comments: "Ahn Hyun-so said that he had to bear the criticism, but why not comment?" That's why we found it here. Don't want others to provoke the family's words but open a comment, because you still want to engage in group buying, so you can't close it? ”
In the wave of condemnation, there are also some voices of opposition. According to the South Korean Daily Morning News (Money Today) reported on the 7th, opponents believe that instead of privately accusing Ahn Hyun-so, it is better to think about what is wrong with the development of South Korea's ice sports, and accuse the South Korean short track speed skating team of being tarnished by internal factional struggles. Ahn Hyun-so, who graduated from Korea Sport University, was originally excluded, beaten and targeted by "non-Korean sports" athletes, and usually could only go to the women's team to train, and was also interfered with by the same team players in the official competition.
Recently, South Korea's short track speed skating has repeatedly exposed scandals: infighting between the aces of the South Korean women's team, the female team members and the coach have an extramarital affair, the head coach Zhao Zaifan is suspected of sexually assaulting the female team members, and the Winter Olympic champion Lin Xiaojun pulls off the pants of his teammate Huang Daxian in the training ground in full view. For a time, the image of the short track speed skating team in the minds of the Korean people plummeted. Zhao Zaifan was sentenced, gold medal players Lin Xiaojun and Shen Shixi were expelled one after another, and the strength of the team dropped significantly. Due to internal mutual suspicion, the Korea Ice Athletic League decided that the Korean short track speed skating team at the Beijing Winter Olympics will not have a full-time head coach, and the coaches in charge of each project will lead the team to participate, and each will formulate tactics.
The report also pointed out that South Korean netizens are suspected of "double standards" for Ahn Hyun-so's criticism. South Korea itself has hired foreign coaches in a number of projects; in addition, South Korea has also exported two coaches, Park Hyun-seok and Shin Tae-yong, in football as the coach of the Vietnamese and Indonesian national teams. In this regard, South Korean domestic public opinion is less accusatory, but believes that it is a recognition of the level of Korean football.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Ahn Hyun-so won three team gold medals for the Korean team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and won a bronze medal in the individual 500 meters, becoming the athlete who won the most medals at the Winter Olympics. Due to a serious knee injury and internal exclusion, Ahn Hyun-so missed the selection for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and failed to be selected for the South Korean national team the following year. In 2011, Ahn Hyun-so said there was no training environment he had hoped for in South Korea, renounced his Korean citizenship, became a Russian natural, and changed his name to Victor An. Since then, he helped Russia win the first short track speed skating gold medal in history at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, winning three gold medals in a single event. In September 2018, Ahn Hyun-so announced his retirement. He has since made a comeback in February 2019. In April 2020, he retired again. In October 2021, Ahn Hyun-so announced his appointment as technical coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team.
Source | Observer Network