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Accused of Winning Medals by Foul Means, CCP Triggers International Anger

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More than a week into the Beijing Winter Olympics, which opened on Feb. 4, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s efforts to win medals at the opening ceremony and in various competitions have sparked anger and complaints from competitors around the world. Senior media insiders say the Beijing Winter Olympics are the most shameless games in history.

Amid a diplomatic boycott of the Games by Western countries, led by the United States over Beijing’s human rights abuses, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics hit a record low in ratings, with only 16 million viewers watching the live broadcast on NBC in the United States, down 43 percent from 28.3 million for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

On the night of the opening ceremony, Sjoerd Den Daas, reporter of NOS, the Netherland’s public service broadcaster, was forcibly removed from his live TV broadcast outside Beijing’s National Indoor Stadium by CCP security personnel, resulting in the interruption of the live broadcast. The whole process was captured on camera. The video shocked the world after it was uploaded online.

During the opening ceremony, a woman in a pink hanbok marched with the Chinese flag, drawing the ire of South Koreans.

Adding to the public anger in South Korea, South Korean short-track speed skaters Hwang Dae-heon and Lee Joon-soo were disqualified from the men’s 1,000-meter semifinals for violating rules on Feb. 7. In the following final, Liu Shaolin of Hungary crossed the finish line first, but was disqualified for a yellow card warning, leaving him without a medal.

South Korean media expressed strong dissatisfaction and accused the Olympic judges of favoring China. Both the Korean and Hungarian teams appealed to the International Skating Federation (ISU), but both were rejected. Accordingly, the Korean team decided to file a lawsuit with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and lodge a protest against International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

During the 2,000-meter mixed team relay in short track speed skating on the evening of Feb. 5, China originally lost to Hungary and the United States in the semi-finals. After an appeal, however, the judges replayed the footage and ruled that the United States and Russia had committed a foul. The Chinese team thus advanced to the final, eventually defeating Italy for the gold.

On Feb. 7, an article titled “Just let the host country China take all the medals” was published in the Seoul Shinmun Newspaper, but the entire article consisted of only 10 sentences, each of which read “Just let the host country China take all the medals.”

Hajime Takamine, a Japanese commentator, told The Epoch Times that judging from the performance of referees, they are obviously biased in favor of the Chinese team, and it’s possible that the CCP gave benefits to the referees who are supposed to be impartial.

“I think the CCP has used the Olympics to show how powerful it is by roping in and deceiving people through various means, because it believes that the outside world can do nothing about it.”

German Coach: Olympics Food Is Questionable

In addition to questionable situations on the field, there have been widespread complaints from foreign athletes and coaches that the food on offer at the Beijing Games does not meet athletes’ physical needs.

After being diagnosed positive for COVID-19, Russian winter athlete Valeria Vasnetsova complained that the same food served to her for five days at the isolation hotel in Beijing was so bad that it was unpalatable, and she was so hungry that she had stomach pains and cried every day.

“The catering is extremely questionable because really it’s not catering at all. There are no hot meals,” German skiing coach Christian Schwaiger told The Sun.

“There are crisps, some nuts and chocolate, and nothing else. This shows a lack of focus on high-performance sport.”

Fortunately, the American team was prepared, bringing along some camping food such as bagged pasta that can be cooked in hot water.

“The Chinese probably did this on purpose,” Hajime Takamine told The Epoch Times. “They couldn’t be unaware of the athletes’ need for adequate and nutritious food. It seems to me that the CCP would do anything to win a medal.”

Finnish Coach: The CCP Does not Respect Human Rights

Finnish ice hockey forward Marko Anttila tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in China. However, Anttila’s test had always been negative before the trip, according to Finnish head coach Jukka Jalonen, saying that Anttila had been with his players and coaches and had not been exposed to the outside world.

“We know that he’s fully healthy and ready to go and that’s why we think that China, for some reason, they won’t respect his human rights and that’s not a great situation,” Jalonen told The Sun.

The IOC statement acknowledged that it had received some complaints from athletes, particularly about the temperature, type, and portion size of food, and promised to work with organizers to resolve them.

YouTuber “Tuesdayroad Media” commented that instead of working to improve athletes’ skills, the CCP has been tampering with food and judges, using underhanded tactics against athletes from other countries, including using inadequate food to reduce their physical fitness and using judges to disqualify highly capable athletes for improper attire.

Commenting on the fact that athletes participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics were all given a free cell phone, current affairs commentator Ji Lin told The Epoch Times that the CCP is actually using these phones to monitor athletes, and then using big data to turn the Olympic Village into a small surveillance society inside China, a large surveillance society.

“Tuesdayroad Media” concluded that the Beijing Winter Olympic Games are the most shameful games ever held. It not only violates the Olympic spirit, but also profanes basic sports ethics.

Hajime Takamine and Ji Lin agreed that the performance of the CCP in this Winter Olympics will make more countries see the regime’s true colors, and the international relations of Beijing will become worse.

“I don’t believe athletes from all over the world won’t talk about what they saw and heard during the Olympics. It is likely that in the near future, more countries and louder voices will attack and condemn the CCP for its egregious human rights practices,” Hajime Takamine said.

Winnie Han

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Winnie Han reports on China news for The Epoch Times.

Ellen Wan

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Ellen Wan has worked for the Japanese edition of The Epoch Times since 2007.



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