After 16 days, the Beijing Winter Olympics officially came to an end yesterday. With the closing ceremony, the Winter Olympics came to a successful end. But as the organizer of the last Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the South Korean team's performance in this Beijing Winter Olympics is indeed very dismal, in this Winter Olympics, the Korean team only won a total of two gold medals, the overall ranking is very low, then this and the previous Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, they won 5 gold medals, the gap is indeed very large, which also makes the Korean team very intentional, their performance did not meet the expectations of Korean netizens.
Then compared with the results of the Chinese Winter Olympic team in this competition, their performance in South Korea is indeed very low. So why didn't the South Korean team get good results in this competition and didn't show the same strength as they did at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics? I believe that this point is very clear to the majority of sports fans, that is, this time including the International Skating Federation, including the International Olympic Committee, they are emphasizing the punishment of the Beijing Winter Olympics, strengthening the punishment for fouls, and the South Korean team in their own strong project short track speed skating, frequently appear some malicious fouls, some small actions are caught by the referee, so it led to the team in many games, because of these reasons were directly punished, no chance of competition gold medal competition. So this time to play abroad, the South Korean team is obviously not able to receive the previous Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Committee for their preferential treatment, after no small actions, the South Korean team's competitive strength is a very serious decline, and such a decline, presumably is the real strength of the South Korean team.
So this time the Beijing Winter Olympics is an alchemy stone for the South Korean team, so it turns out that the Strength of the South Korean Team can only win two gold medals. But for the results of such a competition, we can see that South Korean athletes, including the South Korean media, are not very convinced, even after returning home, the South Korean side is still worried about the results of this time. Then it turns out that they seem to want to prove themselves again through the subsequent competitions, and want to get better results in the olympic games later. But in fact, just recently, the organizer of the 2026 event, the Italian Olympic Organizing Committee, also made an urgent decision, and such a decision was definitely a disaster for the Korean team, and it also made them very helpless.
So not long ago, the Secretary-General of the Italian Olympic Committee, Carlomonati, made a clear statement about the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, and also made a fairly wise decision, that is, in the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, the Italian Olympic Organizing Committee will fully learn from the successful experience of the Beijing Winter Olympics and make better planning for the successful holding of the Winter Olympics. That is to say, in the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics, the Italian Olympic Committee will be more strict in grasping these small actions of athlete fouls on this kind of field, and they will refer to the punishment of this Beijing Winter Olympics. Especially this time, we saw that in the Beijing Winter Olympics, there was also a 360-degree camera with no dead angles in the whole process, and such a camera was the most powerful punishment condition provided to the referee field. Therefore, this point will definitely be learned from the Italian Olympic Organizing Committee in an all-round way, and they will definitely do their best to ensure the game and be more fair and just.
And once the Italian Olympic Organizing Committee adheres to the concept of hosting the Beijing Winter Olympic Games and draws on our very high-tech venue equipment, then for the Korean team, it is really hopeless to turn around. Because the Korean players are on the field, every action will be captured on the spot, and they will be punished accordingly. But also when the Italian Olympic Organizing Committee can ensure the fairness and impartiality of the event, it will be of great help to our Chinese team in the future in 2026, and as a team that has always abided by the rules of the event, the Chinese Olympic team can compete in this better competition environment. Therefore, we would like to congratulate the Chinese team and also praise the Italian Olympic Organizing Committee for its affirmation of the success of the Winter Olympic Games.