Hwang Daeheon, who broke silence, what was unfair... Team Kill, Lin Xiaojun, and Interview Passing 'Three Suspicions' Head-on Breakthrough

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Hwang Dae-heon (27, Gangwon Provincial Office), who won two silver medals at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, predicted that he would "correct the wrong part" of the story surrounding him. There are three main issues of 'correcting'.

Hwang Dae-heon said on social networking service (SNS) on the 2nd, "I will organize my thoughts and tell you with a sincere heart after the World Championship."

"After the Olympics, I looked back on the past and thought a lot about the future," he said. "In the meantime, I felt heavy watching the untrue parts of the various stories surrounding me being accepted as fait accompli," he added. "I will correct the part to correct before it's too late."

The conflict between Hwang Dae-heon and Lin Xiao-jun is deep-rooted. This is because there was a sexual harassment complaint with Lin Xiaojun (Korean name Lim Hyo-jun) in 2019. At the time, Lin Xiaojun was indicted on charges of lowering Hwang Dae-heon's bottoms during training, but was finally acquitted by the Supreme Court in 2021.

The question is public opinion after the ruling. The public defined Lin Xiaojun's naturalization as a conflict with Hwang Dae-heon, and when he was found not guilty, the arrow headed for Hwang Dae-heon. Hwang Dae-heon's side had argued at the time that the incident caused shame beyond mere mischief, but he had to be stigmatized as a "victim like a perpetrator" amid the gap between legal judgment and public sentiment

Hwang Dae-heon's remarks may be his will to explain the actual truth of the incident at the time.

What bothered Hwang Dae-heon the most over the past two years was the controversy over the "team kill" with Park Ji-won (Seoul Metropolitan Government). Regarding the repeated clashes between the two players at the 2024 World Championship and the subsequent national team selection match, some fans claimed that "Hwang Dae-heon intentionally pushed Park Ji-won."

There is a disagreement among short track experts. Some analysts say that contact is inevitable when overtaking an aggressive in-corner due to the nature of the event that goes around a narrow corner at high speed. Hwang Dae-heon has maintained his position that "there was no intention," but he had to endure criticism.

Fans hope Hwang Dae-heon will resolve unnecessary misunderstandings about his relationship with Park Ji-won by giving a technical explanation of the game situation at the time.

Controversy over refusal of interviews at the site of the Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics is also a key issue. At the post-match press conference, although 1,500m gold medalist Jens Pant Bout (the Netherlands) mentioned that "he referred to Hwang Dae-heon's strategy," Hwang Dae-heon refused to answer this and was criticized.

Some fans criticized Hwang Dae-heon's attitude as arrogance. Other than yourself, you don't know whether your answer was an act of concern that it would spark another controversy or whether it was an avoidance of sensitive questions. Hwang Dae-heon is likely to explain the most recent controversy.

Hwang Dae-heon, who said, "I will tell you after focusing on the role I have to play as a player," predicted that he would confess after the World Championships in Montreal, Canada, on the 14th. It remains to be seen whether the sincerity he will bring out will be able to reverse the circulated fan sentiment or start another debate.

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