What does the action of wiping the podium mean? At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the Canadian team wiped the podium with their hands in front of the podium to satirize the South Korean team for not being punished for fouls in the game. The world has been suffering for a long time, how many fouls of the Korean short track speed skating team have been hacked, this point netizens freely assert. [This action is also equivalent to saying that the ice rink is not clean]
After the speed skating 500 meters final, South Korea's Che Minkui wiped his hand on the podium, his action caused a hot discussion around the world, Chinese netizens were furious, the avenue is a person a road, Gao Tingyu won clean, clear and clear, how do you mean this moth?
On February 13, Che Minkui responded to the matter continuously, and earlier Che Minkui said that his action had nothing to do with the previous short-track speed skating competition South Korea team protesting the "unfair" penalty, he was to protest the recently popular Russian Team Vallieva doping problem. It seemed that he wanted to use this excuse to fool through, but soon he himself spoke up again.
According to Che Minkui's interview report, the wiping action he made when he went to the podium did not mean to be dissatisfied with China, he said: The podium is a precious and precious place for me, so I want to go up with a more respectful attitude. (Isn't that punching yourself in the face?) ）
Why does Che Minkui continue to change his own statement? The reason is simple, he is afraid, he is afraid of being banned by the IOC. Because Horton of Australia at the 2019 Swimming World Championships refused to go to the podium to protest Sun Yang, the International Olympic Committee then revised the rules and clearly issued new regulations: athletes are prohibited from protesting at the award ceremony. (Penalties for protests)
Once the Organising Committee characterizes his move as "protest" and "dissatisfaction", then he faces the possibility of being punished, whether he is protesting against the referee's favoritism that the South Korean team previously believed, or protesting the problem of Kbao doping, as long as the moth on the podium is a violation of the new rules of the International Olympic Committee, he may be banned. This is the key to why Che Minkui finally changed his rhetoric.
Text/Yan Xiaobai