'Korean speed skating sign → controversy over drunk driving'' Kim Min-seok eventually naturalized to Hungary"The team was also without any income"
Jul 11, 2024
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The Hungarian Skating Union recently announced on its website that two athletes, Kim Min-seok and short track Moon Won-jun, have completed the naturalization process. It is known that the two decided to naturalize in Hungary earlier this year and went through naturalization procedures while training there in February.
Kim Min-seok was suspended for three years for drunk driving in Korea through the Hungarian Skating Union. I don't want to excuse what happened at the time. I'm regretting it. I haven't been behind the wheel since the incident. The Korea Skating Union said it would give them a chance to compete in the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics. However, he decided that it would be difficult if he could not train for three years. Due to the disciplinary action, there was no team or income."
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Kim Min-seok, who chose to naturalize, can participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics as a member of the Hungarian national team. According to Article 41 (2) of the International Olympic Charter, three years have passed since the international competition where an athlete participated as an existing national in order to participate in the Olympics by changing his or her nationality. Kim Min-seok has not competed in an official international event since the men's 1,000m event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on February 18, 2022.
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