Hwang Dae-heon apologizes to Canadian Stephen Dubois following he collided during the men’s 500m short track semifinals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China on the 13th. Beijing (China) = Reporter Park Jong-min
Korea’s men’s short track team Hwang Dae-heon (Gangwon Provincial Government) unfortunately failed to advance to the 500m final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Hwang Dae-heon was disqualified in Group 2 of the men’s 500m semifinals in the short track race held at the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China on the 13th. He spurted on the last lap and collided with Stephen Dubois (Canada) while jumping from 4th to 2nd and was pushed back.
Hwang Dae-heon, who came in fifth out of five, was penalized as a result of video reading. It was pointed out as a foul that the lane change was delayed and caused a collision.
Hwang Dae-heon, who was aiming for two gold medals following the 1500 m, did not reach the 500 m final. It was a disappointment because it was an event that I won a silver medal in at the Pyeongchang Olympics four years ago.
Pyeongchang Olympic champion Wu Da-jing also finished third and was unable to advance to the final. Dubois advanced to the finals.
However, Hwang Dae-heon maintained the dignity of a gold medalist. After the match, he approached Dubois and apologized for the crash. Dubois was a silver medalist in the 1500m, and following the race, he had an interview saying, “I just followed Hwang Dae-heon well and got to the best place I might.” Dubois won the bronze medal in the 500m.
Hwang Dae-heon apologizes to Canadian Stephen Dubois following he collided during the men’s 500m short track semifinals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China on the 13th. Reporter Park Jong-min
Earlier, Hwang Dae-heon performed a thrilling run in Group 3 of the quarterfinals. With a time of 40.636, she finished second following Konstantin Iblyev (Russian Olympic Committee) with a time of 40.351.
At first, Daeheon Hwang was in a disadvantageous situation, starting from the outermost lane 5. He was 5th on the last lap, and it didn’t look like he might make it to the semifinals.
However, Hwang Dae-heon made it a point to win. With a bold in-course attack on the last lap, he quickly climbed up to third place, and beat Abzal Azkhaliev (Kazakhstan) by pushing himself at the last moment. It was a band electrode with a difference of 0.007 seconds.
Hwang Dae-heon, however, has a chance to win multiple titles. He is aiming for his second gold medal in the 5000m relay on the 16th.