Recently, South Korea's legendary fencer, 40-year-old Kim Jong-hwan, in an interview caused controversy, the athlete who returned after retiring said that he hopes to impact the Paris Olympics, and hopes to win the championship on such a top stage, because he is in very good shape. At the same time, Kim Jong-hwan also talked about the biggest task this year, that is, to impact the Asian Games in Hangzhou, and he said that the last thing he wanted to encounter was the Chinese team, not because of the problem of strength, but because of the fear of penalties.
Kim Jong-hwan said: "The biggest task this year is still the Hangzhou Asian Games, but the most reluctant to meet the Chinese team, because like the 2022 Winter Olympics, the penalty may have problems, and the Chinese team is likely to meet us in the semi-final or final." ”
Mr. Kim's remarks have also sparked controversy, with his remarks emphasizing two points, one about the controversial sentencing during the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the two topics that the Hangzhou Asian Games are worried about the host being favored. The first is the Beijing Winter Olympics, during which the South Korean team did have complaints, for the short track speed skating men's 1000 meters competition, Huang Daxian and others were found to be fouled, the South Korean team was dissatisfied, including Liu Zaishi and others were also dissatisfied. Apparently, Kim Jong-hwan, a summer Olympic athlete, is also worried.
But in fact, during the Beijing Winter Olympics, the controversial penalties proposed by the South Korean team have been rejected, and they have been accepted by the International Skating Federation, but it is clear that through the statement and the subsequent slow motion, there is no disputed penalty. Therefore, in the later stage, the Korean players repeatedly emphasized the punishment, and even continued to say so on the show when they returned to China, which was somewhat unreasonable.
It is worth mentioning that Kim Jong-hwan's emotional intelligence is not high, which can be seen through his interviews and on the show. When he participated in the show, he met the star Kim Jong-kook, who bluntly said in front of each other that he didn't like Kim Jong-kook's muscles because they were "vacation muscles", which were good-looking but not flexible enough. This also made Jin Zhongguo very helpless and could only laugh.
Kim Jong-hwan's results are still good, winning the men's sabre individual bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, winning the men's sabre individual championship at the 2018 Wuxi World Fencing Championships, and winning 27 world and intercontinental championship medals in his career. But the remarks received during the interview are indeed unsubstantiated.
As for Kim Jong-hwan's concern about meeting the Chinese team during the Hangzhou Asian Games and encountering a Winter Olympic-style penalty, it is indeed a lot of worry. First of all, the two sides may not necessarily meet, there is no absolute chance of winning in sports competitions, not to mention that even if it is the host, the referee is not a Chinese referee, which is also certain, so Kim Jong-hwan's worries are really redundant.