Beijing time:2022-02-19 04:33
[NTDTVBeijingtimeFebruary192022]In this Beijing Winter Olympics, the CCP gave full play to its “home field advantage”, and it was frequently reported that the referees were unfair. Following the Korean athletes, the Canadian team also made the action of “cleaning the podium” when accepting the award, slandering “the field is dirty”.
On February 16, the Winter Olympics short track speed skating men’s 5000m relay race ended. The Canadian team took the lead in crossing the line with a score of 6:41.257 and won the gold medal. The Chinese team did not win a medal because a player slipped.
At the award ceremony that day, the five Canadian team members stretched out their right hands together to make a symbolic gesture of cleaning the podium, once in each direction, before they came to the stage to cheer.
This action is the first of the Canadian team. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, a Canadian athlete cleaned the podium before accepting the award. He himself did not respond positively afterwards, but the move was interpreted by the media as “protesting against the dirty stadium in South Korea”.
This time, the Canadian team “sweeped the podium” at the Beijing Winter Olympics, and did not protest afterwards, but said in an interview that they just “hoped that the podium would be clean and beautiful when welcoming new medals.”
In response to the “podium sweep” of the Canadian team, some mainland media tried to “lead the wind”, claiming that the Canadian team was “the South Korean team that won the silver medal next to revenge”. There are also “patriotic netizens” shouting “relief”.
However, just 4 days ago, on February 12, a South Korean athlete also “sweeped the podium”, insinuating the black whistle of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
South Korean player Cha Minkyu, who won the silver medal in the men’s 500-meter speed skating that day, made a move of “cleaning the podium” before taking the stage. He “explained” afterwards that the move was to show “respect for the Winter Olympics”.
Before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese officials publicly threatened to “punish” athletes who dared to protest human rights in China. Most of the athletes participating in the Winter Olympics this time are very low-key, and some athletes only began to publicly express their dissatisfaction after returning from the competition.
There have been many black whistle incidents at the Winter Olympics. The referee canceled the results of several athletes due to “irregular clothing”, which was dismissed as a farce by the international media. Sentencing South Korean athletes with fouls for no reason and letting Chinese athletes who openly overthrow their opponents win gold medals once aroused strong protests from the South Korean delegation.
(Reporter Zheng Gusheng comprehensive report/responsible editor: Xu Gengwen)
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