Ahn Hyun-soo, who finally opened his mouth, “It is not true that he was naturalized in Russia immediately after receiving the pension… Pension is fully contributed”

Chosun Sports = Reporter Jeon Young-ji

“Russian naturalization in August after receiving a pension in July is not true.”

Hyun-soo Ahn, Olympic short track gold medalist ‘Victor Ahn’, who applied for the Seongnam City Hall ice team coaching job, opened his mouth for the first time on the 7th through his social network service (SNS) to the debate surrounding ‘receipt pension’ and ‘naturalisation’.

On the 7th, Ahn Hyun-soo said, “Victor Ahn “I had no choice but to be silent to speak after the announcement, judging that the recruitment process was underway and could cause misunderstandings,” he explained the background of his silence. I have lived only with sport for 30 years, and it is difficult for me to express my voice because of my personality.”

Ahn Hyun-soo said, “I left for Russia in June 2011, and while talking to the president of the Russian Skating Federation about future training plans, I received a ‘promotion offer’.” In Tatiana Borudolina, you mentioned a female athlete. So, it’s true that I know dual citizenship is possible and have looked into it.”

But “I’m like that player After much thought, I felt the openness of a good exercise environment, a team where I can train, and Chairman Alexei Kravtsov, who believes in me. It is considered right to return the lump sum received after making I gave it my all,” he explained.

It is explained that as the naturalization process was revealed late in the Russian media in August, there was a misunderstanding in Korea that appeared to be a ‘stomp’ who decided to naturalize in August right after receiving the pension in July. According to an official in the skating world, it was known that Ahn Hyun-soo presented some of the pension he received as a lump sum to the family of the late Noh Jin-gyu, who was a ‘junior college student’. He appears to be one of the ‘junior athletes in need of rehabilitation and treatment’ announced in the entry statement.

Ahn Hyun-soo continued, “After naturalization, I was careful about appearing in the media, and I thought it was right to focus only on the movement.” “he said.

Ahn Hyun-soo became a hot topic last month when it was known that he applied for an open recruitment for the position of ice team coach at Seongnam City Hall. Immediately after passing the document screening, the application was announced through the media, and the controversy grew as the Korea Skating Coaches Federation issued a statement opposing former coaches Victor Ahn and Kim, who applied for a coaching position at City Hall Seongnam At the time, the federation argued that Viktor Ahn had received an Olympic gold medalist pension in a lump sum before being naturalized from Russia, and former coach Kim was disciplined for falsely reporting the damage of Shim Suk-hee’s attack when he was team manager. national. After that, he eventually fell off the horse in the midst of public opinion.

Ahn Hyun-soo is the best short track star and genius skater who won three gold medals at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. In 2011, after Seongnam City Hall, the team he belonged to at the time, broke up of the ice team, he chose to become a natural Russian to continue his career as an athlete, proudly winning three gold medals at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. After his participation in the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics was cancelled. , announced his retirement as an athlete, and worked as a technical coach for the Chinese national team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The return of Ahn Hyun-soo, who showed the best skating skills from his teens to his 30s in Korea, Russia, and China, from his teens to his 30s, was hotly debated. They were excluded from the nominations, and on the 31st of last month, the dispute was over by announcing ‘no successful candidates’. Below is the full text of Ahn Hyun-soo’s SNS statement, “Victor Ahn”. Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com

[안현수 입장문]

Hello.

Victor Ahn than see. I am sorry that my name came up recently because of a noisy issue at a time when everyone is having a hard time.

The reason why I could not answer the questions you were curious about was that the recruitment process was underway, so I had no choice but to speak quietly after the announcement, judging that it might cause misunderstanding.

I’ve been working out for 30 years, and it’s hard for me to express my voice because of my personality. As a result As for the most controversial part at the moment, I will tell you the process without any lies.

I left for Russia in June 2011 and met the president of the Russian Ice Skating Federation and talked about future training plans. In doing so, the Russian team In Tatiana Borudolina, you mentioned a female athlete. So, it’s true that I knew dual citizenship was possible and I looked into it.

But like that player After much thought, I felt the openness of a good exercise environment, a team where I can train, and Chairman Alexei Kravtsov, who believes in me. It is considered right to return the lump sum received after making put it in full.

However, as the Russian side reported that the naturalization process was proceeding in August, the Korean side was falsely informed as if they had received their pension first in July and decided to naturalize in August. Naturalization was announced in August, but everything was decided in July and proceeded according to procedure.

After naturalization, I was more careful about being in the press and thought it was okay to focus only on sports. In the future, I will humbly accept the criticism of the people who have to choose naturalization for any reason, and I will try to raise my voice as much as possible so that these misunderstandings do not accumulate.