Canadian media question whether Chinese skater deliberately took out fellow competitor at Olympics

In the latest controversy to hit the Beijing Winter Olympics, questions are being raised about alleged foul play by a Chinese skater during a race on Monday.

The moment when Kexin Fan appeared to flick a marker on ice rink towards Canada’s Alyson Charles

Chinese skater Fan Kexin is being accused of flicking a marker placed on the ice rink into the skates of Canadian competitor Alyson Charles during the chaotic quarterfinal of the women’s 500-metre race.

The video from a women’s short-track speed skating competition has been viewed more than three million times just hours after being posted on Reddit and led to a flurry of comments raising questions.

The suspect act came midway through the last lap when the Chinese skater was trailing at the last spot in the video.

Fan, 28, then reached over the leg of another skater and appeared to swipe the marker forward into the skates of Charles, 23.

The Canadian skater tripped and fell on the ice rink, in the controversial conclusion to the race that left many challenging the legitimacy of the result.

Yikes #FanKexin playing dirty and crashing #AlysonCharles at the #Beijing2022WinterOlympics #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/y5DuygRg7L

“Recheck the video footage… it’s was the Chinese competitor who flicks the marker into the path of the Alyson Charles, not Florence… she doesn’t actually touch it in any way… Fan’s arm is in front of of Florence obstructing then hits the marker with her hand then flicks it,” Glen Molloy, a Twitter user said.

A Canadian sports reporter for Daily Hive, Rob Williams, asked on Twitter whether it was a “sabotage or incidental contact?”

“The slow motion replay from this morning’s short track speed skating event looks suspect,” he said sharing his article that