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Korea’s win in short track relay ‘sweet revenge’ against China: BBC
The South Korean women’s short track relay team made an amazing comeback on Tuesday after edging passed the Chinese team to win gold in the 3,000m relay at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
South Korea and China exchanged the lead five times in the last eight laps in a battle that was back and forth from the start. On the final lap, Shim Suk-hee passed Li Jianrou to give the Koreans Olympic gold for the fifth time in the past six Olympics.
The Chinese team crossed the line in second place, but was soon disqualified for impeding on the final lap, raising Canada to silver and Italy to bronze. It was a similar situation to four years ago at the Vancouver Games, though the other way around. At that time, the Korean team finished the women’s relay in first place but was disqualified for illegal contact with a Chinese skater.
Foreign news outlets took notice of the dramatic reversal of the rivals.
“Revenge was sweet for the Koreans, who had lost gold at Vancouver 2010 after a penalty for impeding the Chinese team,” the BBC reported on Tuesday.
U.S. sports news site the Bleacher Report said, “South Korea may feel like justice has finally been done.” It continued, saying the Koreans were “too good for them (Chinese) and deserved the victory after a spirited race.”
The online media also mentioned that the majority of the Korean team is at an age where they will be able to defend the crown in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games.
Reuters said the relay gold “eased some of the pain from the Vancouver Games” for South Korean team.
(khnews@heraldcorp.com)
