Why was the Korean women's 3,000-meter short-track team disqualified? China Daily explains

FUCK YOU JAMES HEWISH you racist son of a bitch! Don't you even feel sorry for them you sad asshole? If you're fucking racist against Koreans, then go start a riot, and get the fuck out of the Olympics! FUcKiNg cUnT!

fucking james h. is racist.that was not fair.i am not a korean but i think hes being racist to the koreans

Man talk about sore losers, a few years ago the reverse happened and the Chinese were disqualified.

A correct judgement at an olympic event doesn't mean he's racist - only good at doing his job and he doesn't take intimidation from losers.

Anyway how can he be racist - put a Chinese and Korean next to each other and you cant tell them apart!

Suck it up SORE LOSERS

I think this is really sad...

hey "adrian" isn't your last comment a little bit racist as
well? "put a Chinese and Korean next to each other and
you cant tell them apart!" What the motherfucking shitass
cunt was that supposed to mean?

And talking about "sore losers", wouldn't you feel the same
way if some snot-nosed arrogant referee from another
country disqualified your national sports star (let's say
someone as big as Ian Thorpe) two olympics ago (yeah im
talking about the kim dong sung incident, and it's soooo
obvious that ohno exaggerated), and that very same s.o.b.
referee comes back to disqualify your country's team?

Especially when you view the tape in slo-mo, you can tell it
wasn't the korean's fault, but it was the cocksucking
chink's fault: the red bitch was slightly behind the korean
skater when they were turning the corner, then she slightly
nudged her foot against the korean's foot, thus toppling
herself. But the anuslicking referee conveniently sees this
as the korean's fault, and although the little collision
shouldn't be serious enough to disqualify our team, he
barges on anyway, without even listening to what our
coach has to say. You should see how arrogant he looks
when he adamantly refuses to even spend a minute
listening to our coach, or even to explain fully!

And just saying that the chinks' team was disqualified for
the same thing before doesn't justify this particular
disqualification: it is a completely separate matter.

And there have been several definitely biased
judgements called by
the olympic referees before: namely women's handball
finals in the beijing olympics, when the referee unfairly
ruled in favour of Denmark's team.

So don't pass a racist judgement when you clearly don't
know what's going on.

And as a half Korean and half Australian, this disqualification is just fucking
outrageous, and this racist aussie referee shouldn't even be in the olympics

So on behalf of all furious Koreans worldwide,
FUCK YOU James Hewish, FUCK YOU assfucking China,
and FUCK everyone who thinks that james fucking hewish was right, and FUCK any racist
who just doesn't give a shit, and passes judgemental comments, and most of all
FUCK YOU ADRIAN.

oops that would be the athens olympics not the beijings.. lol

John you make me laugh. Can even express yourself without ranting on like a psycho. No wonder no one wants to be a referee in sports today with crazies such as yourself around.

As a half Oz you should know what I mean when I say that most caucasians cant tell the difference between a Chinese and a Korean. I've been to Asisa too and been found that they ofen cant tell the difference between a German, a Frenchman and and Italian.

Dont know if you'd be able to follow that though as its time for you to go and take your pills psycho.

If you look closely at the video you will see that the South Korean skater had an unimpeded path past the Chinese skater, even though they were both on a turn.

In addition the contact did not come until the South Korean skater was in the lead.

And most importantly, it was the Chinese skater who stepped on top of the South Korean's skate.

So this was a very bad call.

However there is not evidence of racism or biased here when you consider who became the winner. (Hewish's other call concerning Ohno seemed correct---or at least it was not a plain error, like this one)

I do feel bad for the Korean ladies. However, if you can spend sometime watching the attached link, you will understand why the call is made. Let's learn from this experience and move on. No one wins if we fill ourselves with anger and start fighting with each other. We need to make peace by understanding the decision. :-)

http://www.youtu...ch?v=HGlLLaRJ-MY

Hey adrian, just shut the f2ck up. I'm pretty sure if one of your own people was dq'd for the same reason, you would be pissed off too. So stop calling us sore losers and don't even do that "I can't tell Asians apart" sh2t cuz you white people all look the same to me.

First of all, I'm Korean, but the racism accusation is silly -- someone from China won and if a Caucasian can even tell the difference between Korean and Chinese (many can't) if they are racist they'd be racist against both.

Secondly, the Koreans have the right to get the decision overturned. I know it is sad they weren't able to celebrate in the moment (that is a big loss). I personally think it might be overturned -- I don't see why that was considered a "pass" because it looked to me like Korea was ahead before the turn.

In any case, I wouldn't want to win like that anyway. While China might have actually won, they'll never know now. And the US getting a bronze even though they were barely in the race is hard for them to be proud of.

But short-track speed skating has a lot of room for accidents -- they just skate so close -- if you're in the sport or following it you can expect a lot of these sort of "upsets".

Most aussies I've met are dirty f2ckin dogs.

Hey ADRIAN

You're a fool

He's disqualified the Koreans 6 times.
You're a dumbass
And he's the same one who's disqualified Kim Dong Sung because of that faggot Ohno. Ohno needs to be in Hollywood not short track.
He's been getting too lucky

WOW call Adrian a racist for his comment and then utter the words "cocksucking chink"? Talk about racist. And calling Ohno a faggot, this is WHY people are calling you all sore losers. I personally believe the Koreans SHOULD NOT have been disqualified, but their supporters are really outrageous!

Bian Weihua : "It was a rarely seen pass. Skaters usually pass before the curve because there is much space to avoid physical contact. Kim Min-jung passed Sun Linlin nearly at the tip of the curve from the inner lap."
Last i checked...the koreans were ahead of the chinese before the turn hence the chinese being in the outer lane (why the hell else would they be in the oter lane when they took the iner lane throughtout the whole competition when being ahead?)

Li Yaan : "The South Korean tried to make a straight cut when her blade nudged Sun Linlin's and affected her route"
I'm guessing you didn't hear the american commentator for the NBC after the highlights and such were dealt with, to para-phrase "the koreans were robbed of their gold...the chinese clearly were at fault...the chinese athlete steps on the korean and the korean gets disqualified!"

this is for all those neighsayers ranting on saying "oh but china had been disqualified for the same reason during the turin olympics."
hope this clips shuts you all up

2006 women's 3000m relay highlights at the torino games

http://www.youtu...ch?v=SyTMnYdsaT0

the chinese athlete clearly puts her arm over the canadian athlete (who's got her hand on a korean athelete's thighs also) ... pretty obvious is it not?

For Julian,

The Koreans do not have the right to get the decision overturned, they only have a right to request that it be overturned, and that is quite a difference.

This skating referee has proven to be a respected referee for over a decade at the top international level, both at the Olympics and World Championships - deal with yourselves over it.

Boycotting Australian products, making terrorist threats against foreign embassies, trying to crash the IOCs website with protests and threatening IOC officials is quite a reflection on Korea as a country and the mentality that exists there. The world is watching you Korea!

For John,

In 2002, in reference to the Olympics in Salt Lake City, I watched both the near ground level camera angled footage and the above (looking down) angled camera footage of the Kim/Ohno incident on tv in Korea. Sadly, while the much viewed lower angle footage aired in Korea for days, the above angled footage was only shown once during the live Olympic footage after the disqualification and I think it was never shown again on Korean tv because it was clear from that aerial angle that the Korean had cut off the American. This is the reality.

However, as I was living in Seoul at that time, the university cafeteria that I was eating lunch at experienced a full-on riot where over 60 Korean students where throwing their rice bowls, chopsticks and other things at the big screen in disgust after the disqualification and throwing over tables and chairs. Sadly, I and other teachers were threatened and physically assaulted during at that time. Yes, we are all westerners and we were trying to leave the cafeteria quietly without comment on the issue...

While Korea has achieved great economic success in its recent past and has a wonderful cultural heritage, there is a shameful degree of racism that I have never seen evident in any other Asian or Western country.
I have visited 19 Central and East Asian countries and 12 Western countries.

Koreans have a saying, "We are one blood!" They are proud in their belief of racial purity and look down on all other races and peoples, as I have never seen in the world thus far.

The world is watching you Korea!

P.S. No need to respond as I have made my statements here and will not return to view other comments in the future. So I don't care what rude comments follow.

james hewish is being unfair to koreans.
When American collided with korean, they did not disqualify her, and for this event they disqualify korean? thats bullsh2t
James hewish is being racist fuker because he divorced with his korean wife.
F2ck you Hewish b2tch.
It was just collision of blades of chinese and koreans.
GO TO HELL

"Can't tell Chinese from Korean" comment??? Dude, they're color coordinated?!

You can tell in all the replays that the chinese skater is getting ready to put her hand down to balance herself... and it's clearly behind the Korean skater. Both of the skaters were aware of their position going into the turn. The chinese skater just tried to make a sharper turn than she was able to without making contact. But the pass was made without any contact... so how can there be DQ? Unless there's rule that say you cannot pass on the inside during a turn... is there? I may be wrong. Even if there is... that's just too close to call... you can argue that the pass took place before they entered the turn.

Also, I don't understand why people are swearing so much here... it just makes you sound dumb. Stay on topic instead of calling each other names.

Koreans are very very proud of being Korean. Thus some of us are very extreme.

So, in response to Anthony, I'm very sorry that you got that image when you were in Korea. Unfortunately, you only saw a piece of the whole. You cannot generalize a whole people group, just because some of the people act like that. Your judgement of the Korean people is faulty, and I hope in the future, you can learn to widen your worldview and your judgement.

In response to this article: Maybe it was the crappy quality that NBC was giving me? But the ruling seemed judged properly. But then again, I only watch short track b/c of the olympics (to see korea dominate), so I'm not an expert. But the fact James Hewish was the one making the final call kind of irks me.

Short track is so scandalouss. Anyway, after an OK performance at Vancouver, I'm hoping for a complete gold sweep and domination in short track by both the korean men and women in Sochi!!!!

Do you Koreans realize how gay you sound complaining that you lost at skating?

Skating is a gay sport. And you're whining about losing at it. That makes you gay AND losers.

Man the f2ck up.

This is for Anthony,

I don't believe for a minute that you were assaulted in Korea in 2002. Especially in a university cafeteria. I have been to Korea many times and have lived there for a few years.

No way in hell a South Korean university student would assault a teacher. And if you and "other teachers" were assaulted it is highly suspect that no report was ever made.

This would have made headline news. Anyone that has spent anytime at a Korean institution knows how taboo it is to physically hit or threaten a teacher.

Anthony you have shown your true colors and am positive that you have some underlying bias towards Koreans. Koreans know the difference between an Aussie and American, most have travelled more than you.

And for Adrian, you are a complete idiot. The European land mass is one, I can't tell the difference between a Frenchman and a German. But I can spot a southern Italian or a Greek from a German anyday, so can most Koreans.

I have lived in Sydney, Australia for a few years and most the white Aussie's mistake me for one of them and say the most racist comments about the Asians; especially agaisnt the Koreans.

I will try and record one of these statements one day and post it on website. Know this Koreans' most the Aussie's can't stand you, they won't tell you but they do.

This is to the physco John who claims he is from korea+australia.

While I am generally find the koreans friendly I also must say that they suffer from inferiority complex and are very emotional.

Why get so worked up about this incident and why call others names. Is this how a so called developed nation should behave.

Please, everyone. There is no need to call each other names, and please try not to leave such vulgar comments on a website that can be read from all over the world. We are not third graders, and this is not the playground. We are mature adults, and we must choose to act like one on a site as international as this one. As a Korean, I am deeply ashamed that a few of the most emotional skating fans decided to vent their anger on this page, and on behalf of all Koreans, I'd like to apologize. Please understand that what you have seen here is only a small part of our country: not everyone is as rude or aggressive as some of the outspoken ones are above. Every country has crazy fans who are a little more easily aggrevated, and it's just that our country's such fanatics are in the spotlight right now, and it is these circumstances that make us look just saaad. And also, in our defense, how can one not lash out against such condescending comment as [Adrian]'s?

It is understandable that some of us are angry. Heck, I bet every Korean who was watching the race was. But the past is the past, and what is done cannot be undone. The question whether the disqualification was right or wrong set aside (I think Hewish was definitely wrong btw), it is most unlikely that the IOC will overturn the decision, and there is no need to keep whining about it. Sure, we might feel better if we throw a couple of swearwords at other people, but it'll only make the eyes of the outside world see us as an immature country who is quite not as ready to enter the global village. True, everyone has a right to feel outraged when some people (like [Adrian]) make unfair comments, but please, I urge you to think just once about what other people from all over the globe would think about us, before you post any more rude comebacks. As [Anthony] said, "the world is watching".

Before I go, I feel the need to explain why some Koreans are so emotional. As you may have learnt from above comments, James Hewish as a bitter history with Korean skaters. Another reason why they are angry is because short-tracks are pretty much all we have. True, we have yielded unexpected but pleasant results from long tracks and figureskating (well, not really "unexpected" in that field!), but short tracks have always been our main strength. And many people had high hopes for medals there. But how would you feel if the medals were snatched away right from under your nose, by the same person twice, and in the exact same way (DQ) ? Also, the "little incident" in the men's 1500m short track finals may have further pushed our expectations higher, thus making us more horrified when the ladies were disqualified.

But I think what [Anthony] has told us may have been exaggerated a little bit. His claims of our people's uncivilized behaviour are just impossible. There's absolutely no way such assaults would have gone unnoticed by the media.

So, to sum up: yeah, we're pissed that Hewish disqualified the skaters, but let's not get carried away at the expense of defacing our nation's image.

And [Revelations], please be rational and think again about copying and posting excerpts of the dialogue above. It's almost as rude to deface one's own country, as it is to post degrading contents about another country.

to [Revelations]: Oops, I think I may have completely misunderstood your comments. My apologies. You should completely ignore my last paragraph above. Sorry... I kinda skimmed past everything and read only your last lines, and thought you were going to post what everybody's been saying in the comments on your website (or blog or whatever). My bad.

lolz I'm sorry all my Korean friends can tell apart people from every single European country (esp guys XD)

In case you're in the dark, the Ohno incident is also controversial because Hewish was later caught saying that the US deserved a gold medal after the 9/11. It would've been so much better had he not said that (this exact quote may be really hard to find thesedays... it's been few years and the first billion thing that comes out when you type 9/11 isn't exactly a comment from an Austrailian referee XP)

@Horace: Just shut your keyboard. I don't know where you're from, but skating is not a gay sport to begin with, and you're showing complete ignorance and discrimination. Are you from the Middle Ages or something that you classify some sport "gay" and not manly? There's no standard as to what sport is manly or not, and you're being a sexist here. I don't know how manly you are, but I'd be pissed if the same happened with Hockey and so would other Canadians - and believe me when I say hockey is one of the "manliest sport" , as you put it, you'll see in winter games. wouldn't you do the same if there was a controversy around whatever sport your nation is most proud of?

Hey guys im a speed skater who knows the regulations and rules. I wont reveal my name for security purposes.

Now then, to talk about the incident. When there is contact made (doesnt matter body, hand, or even SKATES) the one who caused the contact in which case is korean as she was, even though close in the leader's position, turning the corner bumped the skate of the chinese. Now even though that contact occured it probably was not sufficient for the chinse to retake the lead after the full turn has been made. Now saying that whenever a contact is made the official, who was Hewish, has the right to review the contact after the match, which he did, and can call for a dq, which he did. The dq can be called in discretion of the judge and the only thing that the koreans can do is to call for a REQUEST to overturn the dq