| Shim Seok-hee (red) sprints in the women’s 1000m final of the national short track national short track team first round of the 2021-2022 season held at the indoor ice rink at the Taereung International Skating Rink in Nowon-gu, Seoul on the 9th. 2021.5.9/News 1 © News1 Reporter Seong Dong-hoon |
The revelations of Cho Jae-beom (40), former coach of the short track national team, about the short track Suk-hee Shim (24, Seoul City Hall), such as suspicion of intentional collisions, slander of colleagues, and attempts at match-fixing, are coming to the surface.
The Chosun Ilbo reported on the 15th that Shim Seok-hee attempted match-fixing in September 2018, citing former coach Cho. Coach Cho revealed that there were at least two match-fixing attempts within the national team to give Shim Suk-hee a gold medal in the international competition.
According to reports, the first attempt at match-fixing was at the Short Track World Cup held in Gangwon-do in December 2016. At that time, former coach Cho visited Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall) and demanded that he yield the gold medal to Shim Seok-hee in the 1500m race.
However, Choi Min-jung said, “If I’m going to make a concession, I’d rather compete in another event.” Shim Suk-hee won the gold medal in the 1500m race without Choi Min-jeong.
He also claimed that match-fixing was attempted at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo. Former coach Cho pressured Choi Min-jung to make Shim Suk-hee a gold medalist in the 1000m event.
At that time, Choi Min-jung was leading and allowed Shim Suk-hee to overtake at the end of the game, and Shim Suk-hee took the gold medal.
According to this media report, Shim Seok-hee and Choi Min-jung did not give specific answers to the exposure of former coach Cho’s match-fixing attempt.
Shim Seok-hee is suspected of slandering teammates at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics and deliberately collided with Choi Min-jeong in the 1000m final. In addition, it was revealed that he attempted to wiretap in the locker room during the tournament.
The related contents were revealed when former coach Cho reported the results of Shim Suk-hee’s cell phone forensic, which he obtained during the trial, to the Korea Sports Association, the Korea Skating Federation, and the media.
According to the report, during the Pyeongchang Olympics, Shim Suk-hee slandered and slandered his teammates, including Choi Min-jung and Kim A-rang (Goyang City Hall), while chatting with coach A of the national team via messenger.
In particular, in the women’s 1000m short track short track race final, Shim Suk-hee and Choi Min-jung collided and both lost medals.
In addition, during the tournament, a situation where Shim Suk-hee was secretly trying to record in the locker room to overhear the conversation between Choi Min-jung and the national team coach was also caught.
It has not been revealed whether Shim Suk-hee was eavesdropping, but when examining the conversation with Coach A on messenger, it is impossible to rule out the possibility that he actually tried to record it.
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| Cho Jae-beom, former coach of the national short track team. (News1 DB)2021.1.21/News1 © News1 Reporter Heo Kyung |
Meanwhile, it is known that the recent revelations about Shim Suk-hee are retaliation for former coach Cho.
Former coach Cho, who is incarcerated on charges of sexual assault, forced molestation, and intimidation against Shim Suk-hee 29 times from 2014 to 2017, is leaking the forensic results of Shim Suk-hee’s cell phone obtained from the investigative agency to the outside in order to defend himself. will be.
According to the JoongAng Ilbo, “Ex-coach Cho sent a letter of complaint containing the text message to Shim Suk-hee to the sports club and the ice skating federation, even though the lawyer was trying to stop him.”
Former coach Cho, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison in the second trial, appealed and the third trial is ongoing. It is interpreted that he is taking retaliatory revelations to prevent Shim Suk-hee from living a normal life apart from paying the price for his crimes.
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