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Poll: Which is 2014′s biggest S. Korean sports controversy?

December 17, 2014

Kim Yuna, right, has a good reason for momentarily not looking as happy as the gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia, middle, and the bronze medalist Carolina Kostner of Italia. (Yonhap)

India’s L. Sarita Devi cries standing beside bronze medalist Vietnam’s Thi Duyen Luu after she refused her bronze medal during the medal ceremony for the women’s light 60-kilogram division boxing at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. India’s protest against the outcome of an Asian Games boxing semifinal that was awarded to South Korea’s Park Ji-na over Devi in the women’s 60-kilogram division was rejected on Tuesday. Devi rejected her medal in protest against the result. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

By Brian Han

The 2014 Winter Olympics judging controversy that arguably robbed South Korean figure skater Kim Yuna of her second gold medal topped Yonhap News Agency’s list of most notable South Korean sports stories for the year.

Kim had to settle for a silver medal and gave up the gold to Russian skater Adelina Sotnikova despite criticisms from experts and fans from around the world.

Among the handful of other notable 2014 South Korean sporting events and achievements, the biggest Asian Games controversy was nowhere to be found on the list.

Female Indian boxer Sarita Devi lost to South Korean Park Ji-na in a match that many thought should have had the opposite result.

The outcome led Devi to reject the Bronze medal while in tears as she hung the medal around Park’s neck.

“I felt that I should not accept the medal because I deserved to be in the finals,” Sarita said to AP reporters after exiting the arena.

Which is 2014′s biggest South Korean sports controversy?