“The place to fight is on the ice” Kwak Yoon-gi, Kim Bo-reum and Noh Sun-young apologize for video

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Amid a legal dispute over the’bullying’ controversy between Bo-reum Kim (28) and Roh Roh (32), former speed skating national teams, in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics team overtaking event, short track Kwak Yoon-ki (32) said, “Athletes “It is not right to bring the battles out of the ice” and apologized after being criticized by public opinion.

On the 26th, Kwak posted a post on the Youtube channel’Holding up Yoongi’ and said, “There is a part that I want to correct and tell you about the recently uploaded video.” “I have been on the short track for 26 years, I have seen a lot of cases,” he said.

“There were cases in which competition with parents went beyond the conflicts between players, and furthermore, conflicts with coaches, coaches, and other related parties were frequently extended. I wanted to tell you that.”

Kwak recently posted a 10-minute video on his channel, which has 160,000 subscribers, and announced that Kim and Noh started a court battle. Kwak emphasized that “there are speed skating and short track, so there is no friendship with the two players,” he said. “As ice traders, I am sorry for the fight between the two players.”

In the video, Kwak said that Kim played a race in the quarterfinals of the women’s speed skating team overtaking the PyeongChang Winter Olympics without considering the last runner No, the last runner of the match. By not taking care of my colleagues, I delayed my responsibilities,” he said. “I was very sorry for that.”

Regarding the fact that Roh left without responding to the media interview immediately after the game, he pointed out, “If you are a national player, you have to answer questions that fans and the people are curious, but Roh left the stadium without doing that.”

Kwak also said, “The place to compete and fight is on the ice, not outside,” about the fact that the two players started a legal battle three years after the controversy over’bullying driving’.

After finishing the women’s team overtaking game held at the Gangneung Speed ​​Skating Range on February 21, 2018, Roh Roh (left) and Boreum Kim leave the stadium without expressions. [중앙포토]

After Kwak’s video was posted, some ice skating fans said, “Is it necessary to cover up even if there is a problem?” “Kim Bo-reum was wrong and Roh-young was wrong? Is it your position that both are wrong? neutrality?” He posted a comment such as, “It’s not even my own sport, but I have to do this video”.

In response, Kwak deleted the video and said, “I contacted the two players,” and said, “Contrary to the intention, I agreed, admitted and apologized that even one should not be hurt.”

He added, “There are a lot more misconduct of competition happening on the ice than you know,” he said. “What I wanted to say is, after all, confessing the excessive points of competition on the playground and having a good relationship as teammates and friends outside the stadium It was a wind to do.”

Kwak also said, “I wanted to tell you the attitude I would like other players to have as the same player.” “It was a message thrown to all the players on the ice, but it was not delivered properly, so please understand that I was lacking.”

He added, “I am well aware that there is a lot of danger in being an active player playing YouTube.” He added, “But the reason I do it is because I have to do it as the eldest and I wanted to announce our sport in my own way.”

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