Korean online communities became further as some video clips of a Chinese speed-skater allegedly pushing a lane marker toward their opponent began circulating. While some believed it to have been an accident, others argued that “the Chinese skater’s hand could be seen grabbing the black marker and pushing it forward with intention.”
Koreans were also very upset when a replay of the match involving a Korean and Chinese speed-skater seemingly showed the Chinese skater pushing the Korean skater back on the knee.
자, 잘 봐봐 누가 패널티를 받아야하는지
중국이 한국 무릎을 짚었지? pic.twitter.com/0K4GKD9kvI
— 콩순이 (@b_kongsoon) February 7, 2022
Korean nationals were also duly upset when they realized that Korean team’s Park Jang Hyuk was injured during the match. According to news outlet Joongang Daily, an Italian speed-skater had crashed into him during an attempt to overtake and a Chinese speed-skater had accidentally skated over his hand. While no one blamed the skaters for the accident, Koreans were heart-broken at the pain Park Jang Hyuk suffered. He was sent to the hospital and could not play in subsequent rounds.
It’s no surprise that Korean idols and artists would also show their support for the national team hard at work. BTS‘s RM responded in support of the national team. He updated his Instagram with the following stories.
Along with a clip of the Korean team skating, he added emojis to show his support.
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However, it seems that he stirred the anger of Chinese netizens, who flooded BTS’s official Instagram with hate comments. As the individual members’ Instagrams are not open to comments, they chose to leave it on the group’s Instagram instead.
They spammed the comments with barfing emojis as well as the “pinching” emoji, which signifies having a small dick.
- “I’m a Chinese, I won’t stan Chinese-insulting idols.”
- “Namjoon’s dick is (small)”
- “Kim Namjoon is the ugliest idol ever.”
On the other hand, ARMYs that caught wind of the situation began to flood the comments with purple hearts to show their support. Currently, thanks to ARMYs efforts, the hate comments have been buried.
To read more about the 2022 Beijing Olympics controversy, check out the article below.
