Taekwondo Mixed Team Event Lost to China
[Asian Games] Taekwondo Mixed Team Event Where the ‘Home Team’ Lost to China… Players are disappointed with the decision
Park Woo-hyuk "There were some strange decisions...Chinese players were grabbed and hit"
Lee Da-bin "Chinese crowd cheering had no effect...but the players did their best"
The Taekwondo sparring mixed team event, which was held as an official event for the first time at the Hangzhou Asian Games, was an event that Korea was aiming to win.
However, the gold medal went to the host country, China.
In the finals held at the Lin"an Sports Culture Exhibition Center in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the afternoon of the 25th, Korea, the "home country" with a team of Park Woo-hyuk, Seo Geon-woo (Korea National Sport University), Lee Da-bin, and Kim Jan-di (hereinafter Samsung S-1), defeated the Chinese team (Cui Yang, Song Zhao Xiang, Song Jie, Zhou Zeqi) lost with a total score of 77-84 in the third round.
The national team, whose defeat was deepening as they were down 70-77 1 minute and 19 seconds before the end of the game, rallied at the last minute and aimed for a comeback.
With the score tied at 77-79, 15 seconds before the end, they actively targeted only head attacks and exerted their final strength, but were unable to turn the game around and lost by 7 points.
The Chinese spectators cheered as if the stadium was about to leave, energizing their own players. As soon as the game ended, they cheered and expressed their joy at defeating Korea.
Park Woo-hyuk, who met with reporters in the joint reporting area after the game, said he realized the power of China"s "home advantage".
Park Woo-hyuk said, “The players prepared a lot and were very earnest.
“We also had high expectations,” he said. “We were very greedy for first place.
“But I don’t know if it’s okay to say this, but I don’t think we lost the game,” he said. “
There were a lot of decisions that we felt were unclear.”
“That part is very disappointing,” he added.
The players, who held their heads with a dejected expression the moment the silver medal was confirmed, even smiled as the awards ceremony progressed, as if they had shaken off their pain even a little.
Park Woo-hyuk said, “It’s because we were so despondent.
“If I had lost because of my skills, I would have been depressed, but that wasn’t the case,” he said. “I hit really hard.
“He was caught and beaten, but no point deduction was given, and when you see those scenes, I think it was an unfair loss,” he said. He continued, “
The players all know this face and the referees all know the referees, but such a decision should not be made on such a big stage.
“Honestly, I feel very sorry about that,” he emphasized.
At the same time, he said, "A lot of Chinese female players hit with their hands held high.
When our teachers raise the flag, they have to immediately replace players, but when the Chinese side raised the flag first, they replaced everyone.
Even though I was distracted, I remember that part vividly. “I do,” he added.
In this mixed team match, a total of 4 people, 2 men and 2 women, formed a team and competed in a one-on-one format.
The first round lasted 4 minutes, and the second and third rounds lasted three minutes each.
In the first round, four players change for one minute each, and in the second and third rounds, players can be changed at any time by raising a flag from the bench.
However, only players of the same gender compete against each other.
Jang Jun (Korea Gas Corporation), the men"s 58kg gold medalist who watched the game from outside, also commented, "First of all, the Chinese players were doing it by catching a lot.
When we catch a game, we immediately deduct points, and the Chinese players catch and score points, but there are not many points deducted, so it was disappointing." .
Lee Da-bin, who won the women"s individual gold medal at the 2014 Incheon and 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, could not hide her disappointment at the press conference after the game.
Lee Da-bin said she was "happy to have won a glorious silver medal in a competition for which she had prepared so hard," but added, "I would be lying if I said I wasn"t disappointed."
He added, “I believe the players will do their best in the remaining individual events.”
When asked if the Chinese crowd"s strong and hostile cheering affected the performance, Lee Da-bin said clearly, "The four players did their best in the game. Personally, it had
no such effect."
However, he admitted that it was a difficult game as the Chinese players lost control during the game.
The Chinese players, who received enthusiastic support from their home fans, began to launch bold and aggressive attacks in the second round, and the game unfolded in a way that the national team, which was already on the defensive, was chasing them.
In fact, there were several comebacks in the third round, but it was just not enough.
Lee Da-bin said, "The flow of the game and the initiative were taken away.
There was some disappointment in terms of the flow and the game was drawn out," but emphasized, "I thought we could win.
All four players did their best."
