Members of the South Korean men’s short track speed skating relay team celebrate their silver medal in the 5,000m relay at the Beijing Winter Olympics at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Feb. 16, 2022. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — All South Korean athletes who won a medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games will receive a “fried chicken pension benefits.”
The Korea Skating Union decided to award pensions to the medalists on Thursday at Lotte Hotel Seoul.
Korea Skating Union President Yoon Hong-geun, who is also Chairman of Genesis BBQ Co., a major fried chicken chain, vowed to give all gold medalists at the Olympics free fried chicken for life after Korean speed skaters failed to win any medal at the 1,000m short track speed skating race due to what was seen as unfair application of the rules.
Following Yoon’s promise, speed skaters Hwang Dae-heon and Choi Min-jeong won gold in the men’s 1,500m and women’s 1,500m short track speed skating races, respectively, winning fried chicken pension benefits.
The Korea Skating Union and Genesis BBQ decided to provide pension benefits to all medalists including those awarded silver and bronze.
Ashley Song (ashley@koreabizwire.com)
