South Korea’s governing body of curling will investigate coaches of the women’s national curling team who allegedly verbally abused their athletes, reports Yonhap News Agency.
Five South Korean curlers, Kim Ji-sung, Gim Un-chi, Shin Mi-sung, Um Min-ji and Lee Seul-bee, all of whom recently represented their country at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, declared that they will leave their club team affiliated with the Gyeonggi Provincial Government. Practices led by head coach Chung Young-sup and assistant coach Choi Min-suk were too abusive, they said.
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An official with the national curling body said while the coaches have denied that they abused the athletes, Chung, in particular, may have asked them to share their prize money from the Olympics and the world championships.
“Chung once said he wanted to share the joy with other curlers in the junior ranks and he would ask the national team curlers to donate about 10 million won (US$9,360) together,” the official said. “I said it wasn’t a good idea but he probably told his athletes.”
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