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Kathryn Giordano

Chinese fans reacted angrily on social media to a third unsavoury Asian Games incident featuring South Korean athletes, after an aggressive end to the taekwondo mixed team final.
Tensions soared in the gold medal match on September 25, with a post on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like platform, saying Chinese athletes were “provoked three times” by their opponents.
The accompanying video went viral on Thursday. It showed a South Korean athlete seemingly egging on his Chinese opponent and indicating he approach him.
In another clip, a South Korean athlete appeared to lightly shove a Chinese athlete as he approached him.
The referee, in an attempt to de-escalate the situation, tried to stop the two competitors, and even slightly held back the South Korean.

Chinese netizens reacted angrily on Weibo to a third unsavoury Asian Games incident featuring South Korea in an aggressive end to the taekwondo mixed team event this week. pic.twitter.com/0AWiP0rOdQ
— Mike Chan | SCMP (@MikeC_SCMP) September 29, 2023

Once again, Chinese sports fans took out their frustration by posting on Weibo, with one fan writing: “How on earth did they manage to be so offensive?”
“Koreans are here to compete or to be embarrassed and conspicuous,” another wrote. “They throw rackets, refuse to shake hands, bite people, slap opponents.”
The final happened on the same day that South Korea’s Kwon Soon-woo destroyed his tennis racket and refused to shake hands after losing to Samrej Kasidit of Thailand. Kwon has =apologised for his reaction in a post on Instagram.

Kwon Soonwoo issues an apology for smashing rackets and refusing to shake hands after losing to Kasidit Samrej at the Asian Games.
Not an excuse, but notable context; a gold medal at these games would likely exempt Kwon from 18 months of mandatory South Korean military service. pic.twitter.com/w88lkBauSH
— Tick Tock Tennis (@TickTockTennis) September 26, 2023

“I did something reckless that I should not have done as a national team player,” Kwon wrote. “I sincerely apologise to all the people who supported the national team’s game and to the crowd at the stadium … I sincerely regret and reflect on the actions that were seen after the match.”
The day before, South Korean judoka Lee Hye-kyeong was disqualified in the women’s 48kg semi-finals for slapping her opponent, Abiba Abuzhakynova of Kazakhstan, across the face.
In each instance, Chinese sports fans complained about the South Korean athletes’ behaviour on social media.
China ultimately won the mixed team taekwondo gold medal, triumphing 84-77 in the final, with South Korea taking silver.


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Video goes viral on social media showing South Korean athletes in mixed taekwondo team final seemingly provoking Chinese opponents.
