I don't blame them. Short track has controversies every Olympics and unfortunately Korean skaters are always receiving undeserved treatments. Kim Boutin should have been DQed as well for pushing Choi but the call only went to the Korean skater. Plus, Kim Boutin was notorious for using aggressive hands during this Olympics. She only made the final heat from others being penalized, when in fact Boutin should be penalized as well.
Kim Boutin also caused Britain's Elise Christie's crash...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/winter-olympics/43042999
It keep happening to her, happened last Olympics too, exactly same thing. At least she won't get death threat this time round... and had a nice turn around.
Seems Boutin should have been disqualified.
I watched a little bit and have no understanding of short track speed skating whatsoever, but all the calls and the no-calls really make figure skating look like some kind of angel with the transparency of score sheets. That's why I prefer to watch speed skating more. Probably not as exciting as seeing skaters neck to neck, but at least at least it's civilized, and with good sportsmanship to boot
Hero??? Ohno......:noshake:
Choi Minjeong did really well. As soon as she started speeding up, she just flew past the rest.
Disaster for the Korean Men at the 1000m Men's Final! The Hungarian skater took down one of the Koreans - Han I think? and the other Korean - Seo? got distracted by the fray and went down too!
Fortunately Seo was able to get over the line in the third, but the Canadian Gerard and the guy from the US got gold and silver.
Man, short track takes no prisoners!
This sport is too unpredictable and I hate that so much of the result depends on whether or not someone else screws up and knocks you out of the race. I'd hate to train for four years then get knocked out at the olympics by somebody being careless.
This sport is too unpredictable and I hate that so much of the result depends on whether or not someone else screws up and knocks you out of the race. I'd hate to train for four years then get knocked out at the olympics by somebody being careless.
I still feel bad about Shim Suk-hee though.
I really wished she opted for less events at the least. Getting over the trauma of an assault takes a lot of time to heal especially when the attacker is someone you trusted.