Coach Oh Hye-ri, Apologize… World Taekwondo Federation Issues Warning [2024 Paris Olympics]
Seo Geon-woo’s Round of 16 match referee’s decision overturned, but… warning letter sent.
Oh Hye-ri, the coach of the Korean Taekwondo team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, has been warned by the World Taekwondo Federation (WT).
On the 9th (local time), immediately after the men’s 80kg class round of 16 match between Seo Geon-woo (Korea National Sport University) and Joaquin Churchil (Chile) ended, WT sent a ‘warning document’ to the Korea Sports Council demanding an apology from Coach Oh.
WT, which is in charge of the taekwondo competitions at the Paris Olympics, stipulates that protests against decisions should be made to the technical representative, not the referee. 토토사이트 추천
It also demands that spectators in the stadium refrain from any actions that induce a specific reaction.
Coaches and other game officials who violate these rules are subject to disciplinary action.
WT applied a ‘warning and public apology’ to Coach Oh, who protested the decision of the second round of Seo Geon-woo’s round of 16 match.
Seo Geon-woo won against Churchill 2-1 (6-8 16-16 14-1) in the round of 16 held at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on this day.
However, Churchill was declared the winner at the end of the second round.
Seo Geon-woo succeeded in a decisive back kick at the end of the second round and drew out his opponent’s points to make it 16-16.
In the event of a round tie, the winner is determined in the following order: the player with more points from the spinning kick, the player with more points from the head-body-fist-electric shock in that order, and the player with more effective electronic protector strikes.
When the referee announced Churchil as the winner instead of Seo Geon-woo, who had more successful spin attacks, Seo Geon-woo immediately protested to the referee, and Coach Oh also ran onto the court to raise an objection.
Coach Oh Hye-ri, who went back and forth between the court and the umpire’s seat for about 10 seconds, raised both arms in protest.
The decision was reviewed and the result was overturned to Seo Geon-woo’s victory.
It was also revealed that the operating system had prioritized the frequency of deductions over spin attacks.
However, Coach Oh could not avoid receiving a warning for violating the rules.
Meanwhile, Seo Geon-woo, who had recovered, advanced to the quarterfinals, but lost to Mehran Barhordari (Iran) in the semifinals with a round score of 1-2 (4-2 9-13 8-12).
He also lost to Eddie Hrinic (Denmark) in the third-place match with a round score of 0-2 (2-15 8-11), failing to win a medal.
Seo Geon-woo said, “After losing the match, I thought a lot that I had not put in enough effort.
I felt that my opponent had prepared harder,” and “If I compete in the next Olympics, I will prepare hard so that I do not feel this way.”