On the afternoon of February 12, Beijing time, China's speed skating once again ushered in a historical moment. Heilongjiang's Gao Tingyu skated 34.32 seconds in the men's 500m, breaking the Olympic record and winning the first gold in the history of the Chinese men's speed skating Winter Olympics. But at the awards ceremony in the evening, South Korea's Che Minkui made a controversial move.
The 28-year-old South Korean's Che Minkui finished second behind Gao Tingyu by 0.07 seconds, Japan's Mori Shigehashig won the bronze medal in 34.49 seconds and another Chinese player, Yang Tao, finished 21st.
At the last 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Che Minkui also won the second place, and Gao Tingyu won the third place.
On the evening of February 12, the beijing winter olympics speed skating men's 500m medal awarding ceremony was held in the Beijing Awards Plaza.
When it was announced on the radio that "the winner of the silver medal is South Korean athlete Che Minkui", Che Minkui did not appear on the podium of the runner-up for the first time, but swept the podium with his hand.
Subsequently, the gold medal-winning Chinese player Gao Tingyu jumped high on the championship podium and showed his domineering spirit. The five-star red flag was raised at the scene and the "March of the Volunteer Army" was played.
At the Winter Olympics, in the judgment of short-track speed skating, the South Korean side raised many questions, believing that there was an unfair judgment in the referee. Choi Min-jing, a sister of South Korean short track speed skating, said that she would not care about the referee's favoritism and would compete for the gold medal with dignity.
Che Minkui's move of "sweeping the podium" may be to question the judgment of the race. A similar state of affairs occurred four years ago. In the short track speed skating competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, many countries questioned the referee's bias in favor of the host South Korea.
At the men's 5,000m relay ceremony, the Canadian team members who finished third made a collective move to clean the podium before they reached the podium, which became a very classic moment of the Winter Olympics.