On March 11, Beijing time, former head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team Kim Sun-tae was interviewed by South Korean media CBS.
Former Chinese short track speed skating national team coach Kim Sun-tae and technical coach Ahn Hyun-so celebrated with the gold medal-winning Chinese players in the men's 1000m competition, while ignoring the South Korean athletes who were disqualified from the range, triggering the anger of South Korean netizens, and the two were even called "traitors". Some voices even believe that Kim Sun-tae brought the knack for the success of the Korean short-track speed skating team to China, and believe that Lim Hyo-joon changed his nationality, and Kim Sun-tae and Ahn Hyun-so played an important role.
In an exclusive interview with CBS, Kim Sun-tae said: "After much deliberation, I finally decided to stand up and speak, and I can fully accept the accusations, especially the main competitors who coach the Korean team, I am ready to be blamed." Ahn Hyun-so and I also said that if you do your best, accept any accusations. ”
As for the so-called controversial penalty suffered by the South Korean team, Kim Sun-tae said: "I don't know what to say to Dae-hyun, he is a player I have coached and trained with, I am in a bad mood for him to lose the 1000 meters qualification, but he won the gold medal in the 1500 meters, I congratulate him." Penalty? It's the referee's responsibility, and I can't say if it's right or not. The task of the coaching staff is to guide hard, the task of the players is to run as hard as possible, and the referee's penalty is part of the game. If there is a vague penalty, the party who may be punished will feel uncomfortable, but in the men's 1,000 meters of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, China's Han Tianyu was also convicted of fouling, and nearly 100,000 Chinese netizens were not satisfied at the time. ”
Why celebrate by tapping on the protective pads with both hands in the 1000m final? Kim Sun-tae said: "A few scenes worried us, we had to wait before the referee decided, but the International Skating Federation said that there was no problem with the penalty. I tried not to watch Korean news, but a lot of bad sounds made me chill. ”
Jin Shantai also said that he did not take over the Chinese short track speed skating team after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, it was only in the spring of 2019 that he received a proposal to coach the Chinese training team, and then began to coach the women's team, until October last year, he officially took the position of the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team, so I could not change too much, generally maintain the training method of the Chinese national team, and give some suggestions. As for Lin Xiaojun, Kim Sun-tae denied that he played a role, "We only got in touch after he was naturalized." ”
Finally, Kim Sun-tae said that only by doing a good job can the status of the Korean short track speed skating team be improved and bring opportunities to the younger generations. Because short track speed skating inherently has a sense of pride in China, their choice of Korean coaches has different meanings in itself. Another topic worth paying attention to, Kim Sun-tae and the Korean Skating Association denied contact, and the future of Kim Sun-tae is still unknown.