On February 17, 2022, several Korean media reported that the behavior of the Canadian team, which won the gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics Short Track Men’s 5000m Relay, was a hot topic among Korean Internet users. I reported.
China Net “Why Koreans Can’t Be Defeated”
The competition was held at the Capital Gymnasium on the 16th, with Canada winning the gold medal at 6: 41.257, South Korea winning the silver medal, and Italy winning the bronze medal.
According to the Korean major media “Chosun Ilbo” (Japanese WEB version), at the awards ceremony held at the venue after the race, all the members of the Canadian team made a gesture like paying the stage by hand before going up to the podium. This act attracted attention among Korean internet users.
The article explains why the behavior of the Canadian team at the awards ceremony attracted the attention of Korean internet users.
The men’s speed skating 500 meters was held on the 12th, and Korea Rep. National team Cha Min-Kyu (28) won the silver medal. The car approached the podium when his name was announced at the podium, and when he bent over, he handed over the podium several times with his right hand. Chinese internet users responded to this behavior.
On the Chinese Internet, speculation spread that the Korean players who were disqualified due to short track speed skating had shown their intention to protest the referee, saying, “Why Koreans cannot be defeated?” Critical comments flew around.
Korean net “Apologize to Cha Min-Kyu”
The act of manually paying the podium on the podium was also seen at the awards ceremony of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Men’s Short Track 5000m Relay, where the players of the Canadian team who won the bronze medal made a gesture to pay the podium before going up to the podium. showed. The reason is not clear, but media reports suggest that it protested the decision received by Canadian players in other disciplines.
Against this background, Korean internet users are paying attention to how Chinese internet users will react to the Canadian team who behaved like cars.
On the Korean internet, “All five Canadian players paid their hands, but what does China say?” “Canada’s performance is really fun.” “(China) chooses an angry opponent again. It is said that comments such as “Is it?” And “Apologize to Cha Min-kyu” were received.
In addition, the Korean media “JoongAng Ilbo” (Japanese WEB version) introduced the comments after the award ceremony of the Canadian team. According to the article, Canada has won the gold medal in the same category since the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, and was happy to have won the gold medal with teammate Charles Hamelin, who was the last Olympics in Beijing. It is said that it was a performance with the meaning of.