On May 5, Beijing time, according to South Korean media reports, Huang Daxian, gold medalist of the men's 1500 meters of short track speed skating at the Beijing Winter Olympics, decided to give up the selection of the South Korean national team and will miss all the competitions in the 2022-2023 season.
According to the latest news updated by the Korea Ice Federation, Hwang Dae-hyun's name is no longer in the list of participants in the men's 1000 meters of the selection competition. Later, the South Korean media also confirmed that Hwang Dae-hyun had withdrawn from the selection of the South Korean national team. According to the selection rules of the South Korean team, withdrawing from the selection tournament means that Hwang Dae-hyun will definitely miss all the competitions in the 2022-2023 season. After winning the gold medal in the men's 1500m short track speed skating and the silver medal in the 3000m relay at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Huang Daxian had hoped to get a free selection place at the short track speed skating World Championships. However, the new regulations confirmed at the moment before departure made him have to be selected to retire from the competition, and the quota for exemption was obtained by teammate Li Junrui, so that Huang Daxian had no choice but to participate in the selection competition.
What people did not expect was that perhaps just recovering from the new crown, Huang Daxian was in a rather bad state in the selection competition. In the 1500m event he was best at, Huang Daxian first appeared to be suspected of fouling during an inner road overtaking but was let by the referee to cause controversy, and then slid off the track without collision. Later, in the 500-meter event, where almost no one in South Korea could compete with him, Huang Daxian was defeated for a foul in the final of Group A, and the dismal performance was shocking. For the South Korean Ice League, Hwang Dae-hyun's withdrawal from the selection tournament presented them with a big problem. Because he has already gone down to participate in the selection competition, it is inevitable that people will be questioned if they are given a direct quota at this time. Because there is a precedent for banning Winter Olympic champions Lin Xiaoxiao and Shen Xixi, Huang Daxian is almost certain that he will not be able to compete in all the competitions of the 2022-2023 season, and will not have the opportunity to play against Lin Xiaoxiao, who has already joined chinese nationality.