[Olympics] Korea Sports Council Meets with ISU President and Technical Director to Raise Judging Issues

"Meeting Results to Be Announced Later"

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Lee Ki-heung, President of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, and Yoon Hong-geun, Head of the Korean Delegation, will discuss the controversial judgment that occurred in short track speed skating at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics with Jan Dijkema, President of the International Skating Union (ISU). The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee announced that an online video conference with the ISU will be held at 3 p.m. on the 9th at the Beijing Athletes' Village in China. Hugo Herrnhof, ISU Technical Director, will also attend the meeting. A representative of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee stated, "The results of the meeting will be announced later."

At this meeting, President Lee and Head Yoon will raise the issue of the judgment made during the men's 1000m short track semifinal on the 7th. At that time, the national team’s Hwang Dae-heon (Gangwon Provincial Office) and Lee Jun-seo (Korea National Sport University) finished first and second in their heat but were penalized by the referees with questionable decisions, resulting in their elimination. The benefit of the disqualification went to the Chinese team. In the final, China also won the gold medal (Ren Ziwei) and silver medal (Li Wenlong) amid controversial judgments that were difficult to accept.

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