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Lin Xiaojun (30), a gold medalist at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and naturalized from South Korea to China, will participate in the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo (Italy) Winter Olympics as a member of the Chinese national team.
Lin Xiaojun was listed as a short track representative on the list of athletes participating in the Chinese Winter Olympics announced by the Chinese National Sports Administration on the 23rd (Korea Standard Time). It is the first time in eight years that Lin Xiaojun will participate in the Winter Olympics since the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, when he was a Korean national.
Lin Xiaojun is a Korean name Lim Hyo-jun during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, representing Korea's short track speed skating and winning the men's 1,500m gold medal and men's 500m bronze medal.
However, during national team training in June of the following year, controversy arose over the mischief of lowering the pants of a junior player of the same sex, and eventually he was suspended for one year by the Korean Skating Union.
After the suspension of the Korean Skating Union's qualification, he decided to naturalize in China to participate in the 2022 Beijing (China) Winter Olympics. After a long court battle, he was acquitted of forced harassment, but his nationality had already changed.
Lin Xiaojun, who chose to become a naturalized Chinese citizen to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, did not make it to the stage at the Beijing Olympics. This was due to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Charter, which requires three years after the international competition, in order to change nationality and participate in the Olympics.
In the end, Lin Xiaojun was selected as the Chinese representative only in September 2022 after not participating in international competitions for a long time, and after internal competition, he was listed on the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics list, making his first appearance on the Winter Olympics in eight years.
Chinese media Sina Sports expressed expectations for Lin, saying, "Lin Xiaojun, Liu Xiaoang, and Shenlong will be the main players of the Chinese men's national team at the Winter Olympics." The 25th Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics will open on the 6th of next month and run until the 22nd.
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