Apollo Ohno and Korea

Jin · 03-02-2002, 11:33 PM

This question is directed towards people that aren't Americans, because I don't want any biased responses. Was the Korean Olympic Commitee being unreasonable when they got upset when Apollo Ohno won the gold in short track? The Korean finished first, but was disqualified for pushing Ohno, and the Koreans got really upset, and threatened to withdraw from the Olympics. The judge who made the decision to disqualify the Korean was Australian, so it's not like he was doing it to get a gold for his country.

nWoCHRISnWo · 03-02-2002, 11:51 PM

No, if you push someone, you're disqualified. If they wanna bitch, they should read the rules, first.

Joeiss · 03-03-2002, 01:39 PM

I agree with Chris. I don't think that it was a push, I think that the Korean guy cut off Ohno. That results in a disqualification. The person in the lead has to chose to be in the inside lane or outside lane. The Korean chose the outside lane, and then moved into the inside lane, cutting Ohno off.

Professor S · 03-04-2002, 01:52 PM

Well, the truth us that none of us really know the rules of Short Track speed skating. But if what the announcers said is true about lane choices, then the judge made the right call.