Park Ji-won, who kept the Taegeuk mark after many twists and turns “Reconciliation with Hwang Dae-heon? “I need to think more”

Jang Seong-woo (center), who took first place, Kim Tae-seong (left), who took second place, and Park Ji-won, who took third place, take a commemorative photo with medals at the '2024-2025 Season Short Track National Team Selection Competition' held at the Mokdong Indoor Ice Rink in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 12th.

Park Ji-won (28, Seoul City Hall) passed the national team selection match, where the fate of his career as a player was at stake, and kept the Taegeuk symbol. Regarding improving relations with Hwang Dae-heon (25, Gangwon Provincial Office), who had caused controversy due to a series of clashes, he left room, saying, “Now that the competition is over, I think we should think about it carefully.”

Park Ji-won took first place in the men's division with a cumulative score of 92 points as a result of the second round of the 2024-25 season short track national team selection competition, which ended at the Mok-dong Ice Rink in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul on the 12th.

As a result, Ji-won Park earned priority entry into the individual event, which is given to the top three, as well as selection for the national team for the next season.

Park Ji-won said after the game, “It was a difficult road. “He had a strong belief that he had to overcome it, and I’m glad that it seems to have worked out as he thought.”

He showed off his peak skills by winning the overall World Cup title over the past two seasons, but at the World Championships, he was unable to win the gold medal due to a series of collisions with his national teammate Hwang Dae-heon, and his automatic selection was canceled.

Public opinion was outraged, but the Korea Skating Federation, which launched an investigation into the truth, judged that there was no intention. Accordingly, even in the representative selection match, Park Ji-won could not avoid a confrontation with Hwang Dae-heon.

Park Ji-won said that he was only focused on the game. He said, “It was a burden, but I thought it was simply a ‘selection match,’” and added, “It wasn’t easy because there were so many good players in our country, but we overcame it.” After the 'team kill controversy', Hwang Dae-heon's side announced that he would personally visit Park Ji-won and apologize, but Park Ji-won said, "I haven't heard anything special yet." He explained, “After the World Championships, my body and mind were not normal and I was anxious,” adding, “So I focused even more on the selection process.” He said, “I think I could have missed some little things. “The selection process is over today, so I’ll have to solve it step by step,” he said. When asked whether he would accept Hwang Dae-heon's apology, he said, "I think we will have to think about it carefully over time."

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Pub: 13 Apr 2024 02:15 UTC
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