Kim Ga-eun (Samsung Life Insurance), the gold medalist in the women's team badminton event at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games, is facing "comment terrorism" on social media. A maliciously edited video of her has been circulating online in China.
According to the Daily, Kim blocked her personal SNS commenting feature on May 5. Netizens, presumably Chinese, flooded the site, shouting abuse in various languages. Most of the comments were "disrespectful," "unqualified," "disgusting," "unsportsmanlike," and "deserves to be beaten."
Kim was a big part of South Korea's 3-0 sweep of China in the women's team badminton final at the World Championships at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China. 안전토토사이트
In the first matchup, women's singles world No. 1 Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) swept aside difficult opponent Chen Yufei 2-0. In the second doubles match, the world No. 2 pair of Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) and Baek Hana (MG Saemaul Money) defeated the world No. 1 pair of Chen Qingcheng and Zhai Fan 2-0.
In the final singles match, World No. 18 Kim Ga-eun pulled off an upset, defeating No. 5 He Bingzhao 2-0 to seal the victory.
After the match, a video went viral on Weibo, a Chinese social networking site, mocking He Bingjiao's expression as she mimicked her defeat. The video has since been viewed over 100 million times, and the outcry against Kim has only grown.
The video features He Bingzhao, Kim Ga-eun, and coach Sung Ji-hyun. After Heo Bingzhao looks up at the sky with regret, Kim Ga-eun and Coach Sung are seen laughing and looking up at the sky. It looks as if they saw He Bingzhao's expression and comically mimicked it.
However, this video is not real. It was stitched together from different time periods. There is a huge time difference between He Bingzhao's disappointment and the moment when Kim Ga-eun and Coach Sung share their joy.
After the gold medal was clinched, Kim hugged the Korean team and shared the joy of victory. This is the moment when He Bingzhao's regretful expression is captured in the video, as she turns around and looks to the sky to mourn the loss.
However, Chinese netizens cleverly edited these two scenes to make it appear that Kim Ga-eun and coach Sung Ji-hyun were mocking He Bingzhao.
"Kim didn't even see what He Bingzhao looked like or did at the time," an association official told NoCut News, adding, "I'm worried that the Chinese crowd will boo her a lot when she plays."