BEIJING — Good thing South Korea didn’t pack up its skates and go home.
Angered by the disqualifications of two of its short track speedskaters at the Beijing Games, the country filed complaints and its citizens flooded social media urging the team to go home.
They stuck around, and Hwang Dae-heon won gold in the men’s 1,500 meters Wednesday.
He edged his skate in front in a tight finish of the 10-man final at Capital Indoor Stadium, giving South Korea the title for the fourth time in six Olympics.
Hwang and teammate Lee June-seo were disqualified in the semifinals of the 1,000 two days earlier. That triggered the South Korean contingent to complain to the International Skating Union and International Olympic Committee about the referee’s judgment.
Fans in the short track-mad country flooded the Korean Olympic Committee with phone calls demanding the team leave Beijing.
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