On March 11, Beijing time, South Korea's CBS TV interviewed former Chinese short track speed skating head coach Kim Sun-tae, Kim Sun-tae said bluntly in the interview: "Ahn Hyun-so's return to coaching the Korean team is a false news, and he has no intention of returning to the South Korean team to coach, I have always been in contact with Coach An, but we have no follow-up plans, and we are currently at home to accompany our families." ”
South Korean media in particular has no lower limit, Coach Kim Sun-tae and Coach Ahn Hyun-so were criticized by a number of Korean media during the Beijing Winter Olympics, and even interviewed those who shelled Kim Sun-tae and Ahn Hyun-so, Ahn Hyun-so's family was once "death threats", but when the seat of the head coach of the South Korean short track speed skating team was vacant, the Korean media thought of Kim Sun-tae and Ahn Hyun-so, and wanted to use the pressure of public opinion to force the two meritorious men to return to the South Korean team.
The article reads: At the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the head coach of the Chinese short track speed skating team, Jin Shantai, the head coach and the technical coach An Xiansu, plus the equipment leader and assistant coach, helped the Chinese short track speed skating team to achieve an excellent result of 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Although there is controversy about the host's referee blowing penalty, the ability of the coaching team is obvious to all, and the Chinese players have slipped faster with the help of South Korean coaches.
Coach Kim Sun-tae and Coach Ahn Hyun-so have expired their contract with The Chinese team, coach Kim Sun-tae helped the Korean team win 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and Ahn Hyun-so was the triple champion of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, both of whom are considered the best managers in the industry.
Korean Ice League insiders have once again issued invitations to Coach Kim Sun-tae and Coach Ahn Hyun-so, hoping that they will return to coach the Korean team, how does Kim Sun-tae respond to such a situation?
Kim Sun-tae replied: I have never received any proposals, I have never said that I want to go back to the Korean team to coach, I have been working for 8 consecutive years, I want to take a break, I will spend some time with my family, in addition, I also want to further learn the equipment and tactics of short track speed skating.
Kim Sun-tae also said: I have always been in contact with Coach Ahn Hyun-so, but he has no follow-up work plan, and the extension of the contract with the Chinese team is still under discussion.
The vice president of the Korean Short Track Speed Skating Association also said that without a head coach, we are not bad at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and there may be no head coach at next month's World Championships, and no suitable candidate has been found yet.
In the end, the Korean media shamelessly said that because of the excellent performances of Kim Sun-tae and Ahn Hyun-so, the South Korean people can look forward to their return to the South Korean team.
Text/Yan Xiaobai