Coach Cho Jae-beom was sentenced for abusing gold medallist speed skater Shim Suk-hee for years, from when she was a teenager
A former national speed skating coach in South Korea has been sentenced to more than decade in prison for sexually assaulting double Olympic gold medallist Shim Suk-hee.
“The accused committed sexual assault by force, repeatedly using the victim’s inability to protest against her speed skating coach,” Suwon district court ruled on Thursday, according to Yonhap news agency.
