The Korean Sport and Olympic Committee will lodge an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the disqualification of two South Korean athletes from the men’s short-track speedskating event on Monday night.
The committee said in a statement on Tuesday that after the two skaters were disqualified, the South Korean team filed a letter of appeal to both the International Skating Union and the International Olympic Committee. The K.S.O.C. said in the statement that the relationship between the international sports community and the referees was “was biased and not transparent,” and also cited the emotional distress of the athletes who had “shed blood, sweat and tears” in preparation for the Games.