On February 20, Beijing time, the South Korean Olympic Committee said at a press conference that it had abandoned its plan to appeal to the Sports Arbitration Court for the short-track speed skating team's foul. Previously, because dissatisfaction with the referee's decision and appeal were rejected, the Korean team said that it would appeal to CAS. Now, no appeal again... Netizens complained that there were so many dramas.
In the short track men's 1000m semifinals on February 7, the South Korean team chose to appeal after the game because of dissatisfaction with Hwang Dae-hyun and Lee Joon-sui who were sentenced out for fouls, which was rejected. After that, the Korean team did not spare and announced that it would appeal to CAS and wait for the final arbitration result. The act sparked widespread support in South Korea, as the South Korean media and ice fans believed that the South Korean team had suffered a loss.
The most hyped topic in the Korean media this Winter Olympics is the short-track speed skating project, in the judgment, the Chinese team benefited, the South Korean team suffered. As a result, unexpectedly, on the last match day of the Winter Olympics, there was a big reversal, and the South Korean team gave up the appeal!
The South Korean team said: "After discussions with athletes and coaches, considering that there are still World Championships behind, the question of whether it is worth it is to do so is raised." The South Korean side admitted that because it was only a semi-final and not a final, the appeal would not necessarily win, so it finally decided to give up.
Netizens also complained: "There are so many dramas." "I have to say that the performance of the South Korean team in the short track speed skating event this time is really speechless, from the yin and yang strange atmosphere of the coach athletes to the media and extreme netizens shooting everywhere, Internet violence, so that many people have been hurt, including the Chinese team's Korean coach Ahn Hyun-so suffered a serious personal attack, such extreme behavior violates the Olympic spirit."