Excessive survival present Bodily: 100, which topped CrossFit athlete Woo Jin-yong its winner on Feb 21, has been plagued with rumours of a rigged ultimate problem because the finale aired.
Olympic bike owner Jung Hae-min, who went face to face with Woo within the finale, has claimed the ultimate problem was halted twice. Within the episode that was proven, the match seemed to be one steady recreation.
Chatting with South Korean information portal Ilyo, Jung mentioned he initially needed to maintain quiet and settle for the results of the ultimate recreation, which concerned every participant pulling a thick coiled size of rope till they reached its finish.
Nonetheless, when he learn that the manufacturing group of the hit present, which topped Netflix’s record of non-English-language collection, had claimed final Sunday that there was no rematch through the filming in August 2022, he reconsidered his stance.
He lastly determined to talk out after seeing an Instagram submit by showrunner and producer Jang Ho-gi on Tuesday, which implied that the hearsay was a lie.
Producer Jang, a former commando within the South Korean particular forces, wrote: “I’ll positively shield the final yr that we gave all our our bodies. A lie might be well-known however it will probably by no means be the reality.”
Jung mentioned in his interview on Tuesday: “I needed to speak about what’s the fact and what’s a lie, from my standpoint.”
He claimed the ultimate showdown was halted halfway by Woo, who had been trailing Jung. Woo had mentioned the gear was making quite a lot of noise and, whereas there have been no issues discovered after checking, the manufacturing group added lubricant and oiled the machines.
Jung mentioned the match resumed, however simply when he may see that he was about to win, the manufacturing group once more halted the sport and requested them to maneuver to a special location.
“Once I thought to myself, ‘That is the tip’, the manufacturing group known as to cease the match once more, however I stored pulling on the rope first to finish the match,” he mentioned.
He mentioned he was informed “there’s an issue with the audio so we will’t use the video footage for the present. So long as you’re okay with (a rematch), we are going to shorten your rope and begin once more”.
Jung mentioned he tried to refuse, including: “I stored repeating that I’ve used up all my energy and might’t do it once more.”
Nonetheless, he gave in as the choice was for the forged and crew, who numbered within the a whole bunch, to return the subsequent day to movie.
“Again then, I felt a form of strain that the rematch couldn’t be helped, even when I had continued to say no. My head was stuffed with the thought, ‘Am I not allowed to win this?’,” he mentioned.
“We re-entered the world and the rope was wrapped across the spool as soon as extra like earlier than. They informed me that they’d minimize the rope by as a lot as I had been within the lead, however I don’t know in the event that they did. The rumours on-line claimed that the gear was defective. I don’t know if that was the case or if I had no energy left, however the rope wouldn’t budge. I misplaced.”
Jung reiterated that he was not in search of a rematch or one other likelihood on the prize cash of 300 million Korean gained (S$306,000), however needed the modifying of the finale to replicate how the occasions truly performed out.
He additionally acknowledged that he didn’t need folks to assault Woo, who has to this point been silent on social media.
This text was first printed in The Straits Instances.
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