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In OlymPicks, we highlight news, gossip, and developments regarding the buildup to Beijing s 2022 Winter Olympics.
Speed skating sex offender ditches South Korea for Team China
Earlier this week news broke that the reigning men’s 1,500 meters short track speed skating Olympic champ, Lim Hyo-jun, was eyeing the possibility of becoming a naturalized Chinese citizen so that he could compete for China’s national team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games. Citing an unnamed source in a report by the South Korean
Yonhap News Agency,
Global Times says that Lim has already accepted a proposal from the Chinese Skating Association (CSA) and is “going through the naturalization process,” however, a representative of the CSA told the