Korean national record holder Hwang Sunwoo might have landed on the podium at this year’s World Championships but the 20-year-old has now landed himself in trouble with the law.
As reported by Yonhap, Hwang is under police investigation over a suspect hit-and-run accident that occurred in Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province yesterday.
The freestyle ace is accused of leaving the scene after allegedly striking a man in his 80s with his vehicle’s side-view mirror. No serious injuries were reported.
Police say that Hwang returned to the scene about 30 minutes later and ‘told police officers there that he may have caused the accident.’ (Yonhap)
An official with the Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) said Hwang had already settled the case with the man and covered his medical expenses.
“Hwang told us he tried to avoid hitting a jaywalker and didn’t realize at first he’d caused any accident,” the official said. “He said he returned to the scene after discovering that his side-view mirror had been damaged.” (The Korea Times)
Hwang took the bronze medal in the men’s 200m freestyle in Fukuoka and is one of Korea’s most promising medal hopes in the pool at the upcoming Asian Games slated to begin next month in China.
bruh cmon retta
A rather over the top headline!
If it attract people to read the article…
Yes, I realise that was the intention.
God damned side view mirrors.
Cause more accidents than they prevent!
contrary to the headline, the actual details almost make him look good
Not surprised
Someone just proudly announced to the whole world they didn’t read the article.
Typical.
Seeing as the swimming community and the international media in general loves a certain swimmer who has dui and drug problems, there should be no criticism of this. Or you are biased.
I think lots of us who “love” that swimmer would and have also criticized those those actions
The headline is factual, the common idea of what a hit and run crime looks like however is quite different than what allegedly occurred here.
Also Phelps absolutely did get thrashed in the press for his DUI, and *shock* *gasp* hitting a bong *oh the humanity!*, and he absolutely faced consequences for the former.
But I think it’s unfair to attack Phelps for it today, he took it to heart and cleaned up his life, and he has been incredibly open about his struggles, though he has some financialinterestin doing so it’s still an important use of his stature in a society which encourages a false stoicism from it’s cogs. There would definitely be less love for him… Read more »
Lochte gets waaaaaaaaaaaaaah more hate when all he did was lie lmao
Man, you love the drama, don’t you?
Ummmmm…Lochte got drunk, trashed a service station bathroom, got into it with service station employees, lied to the police, lied about the police, lied to team officials, continued to lie on social media, all while at the Olympics representing his country.
are you actually calling someone who smokes weed as someone with a “drug problem”?
In general societal attitudes towards substances are bizarre and contradictory. We stigmatize it yet encourage it when we relable it medication. We prohibit non-lethal recreational substances while alcohol abuse is firmly rooted in society’s fabric, so much so that it gives the first and best example of how the supposedly moral mandate of prohibition doesn’t really work and in fact creates more problems then it solves. Our current laws are rooted in the political environment of the 1960s and 1970s, and the very real concern about the harms of abuse within them are corrupted by alterior motives I really cannot characterize as anything less than evil:
This is a real quote from Nixon’s chief advisor on domestic affairs, John Ehrlichman,… Read more »
Yes
Ah. So same for someone who has a glass of wine has a drinking problem. To each their own in what they want to believe.
In general societal attitudes towards substances are bizarre and contradictory. We stigmatize it yet encourage it when we relable it medication. We prohibit non-lethal recreational substances while alcohol abuse is firmly rooted in society’s fabric, so much so that it gives the first and best example of how the supposedly moral mandate of prohibition doesn’t really work and in fact creates more problems then it solves. Our current laws are rooted in the political environment of the 1960s and 1970s, and the very real concern about the harms of abuse within them are corrupted by alterior motives which, well…
This is a real quote from Nixon’s chief advisor on domestic affairs, John Ehrlichman, “You want to know what this was… Read more »
to go with your last part, so does fast food. All should be in moderation.
Marijuana is illegal in most countries….
So are homosexual acts. Doesn’t make the law correct.
Which is sad. But within the next 20 years it will drastically shift to being legal.
I would like to congratulate Jalen for winning the War on Drugs.
Not sure if I agree with the use of the present tense to describe events thats transpired a decade ago
Also not sure where are you seeing any criticism in these comments. Outside of one post, most of the criticism seems to be directed at the slightly over the top headline
Someone just proudly announced to the whole world they didn’t read the article.
Typical.
As far as hit and run accidents go this is very tame and reasonable. He acted without malice, he returned to the scene after 30 minutes, admitted to fault and paid all expenses. And no one was seriously hurt. Probably the best case scenario for a situation like this
Read the title and got scared for a second, I really didn’t want anything to happen to Popovici’s father