Chinese badminton player s cursing at Tokyo 2020 riles South Koreans
Chinese badminton player s cursing at Tokyo 2020 riles South Koreans
Posted: Aug 4, 2021 3:00 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2021 3:00 AM
Posted By: By Serenitie Wang and Jake Kwon, CNN
South Korea plans to pursue a formal complaint in response to a Chinese Olympian who was heard repeatedly swearing during a badminton match between the two nations.
Chen Qingchen, 24, could be heard shouting a popular Chinese slang term, translated loosely as f k in Mandarin, throughout the live televised broadcast of her women s doubles match against South Korea on Tuesday, July 27.
Chen was heard first yelling the phrase after she and her partner, Jia Yifan, lost the first set to their South Korean opponents.
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