Short-track speedskater Kim Boutin shut down all her social media accounts Wednesday after hundreds of angry tweets were directed at her by irate South Koreans in the wake of her at the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Boutin finished fourth, but was promoted to third when South KoreaB次元官网网址檚 Minjeong Choi was disqualified for interfering with the Canadian. Angry fans, mainly from South Korea, tweeted animated gifs or still images from the race, claiming that Boutin had pushed Choi.

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B次元官网网址淵ou had been teaching Kim Boutin how to cheat, Canada!!B次元官网网址� said another on Twitter.

Boutin, from Sherbrooke, Que., closed her social media accounts and the RCMP, the IOC and Speed Skating Canada began investigations.

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The subject was also raised later in the day at the International Olympic CommitteeB次元官网网址檚 media briefing.

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In figure skating, CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford were third in the pairs event after the short program.

The two-time world champions, who will retire after the Olympics, scored 76.82 points for their skate to April MeservyB次元官网网址檚 cover of U2B次元官网网址檚 hit song B次元官网网址淲ith or Without You.B次元官网网址�

ChinaB次元官网网址檚 reigning world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong scored 82.39 points for the flawless skate to Canadian k.d. langB次元官网网址檚 version of B次元官网网址淗allelujah.B次元官网网址�

Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, representing Olympic Athletes from Russia, were the last team to go, bumping Duhamel and Radford down to third with an 81.68-point performance.

GermanyB次元官网网址檚 Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot were fourth with 76.59 points.

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 other pairs duos also qualified for the free skate. Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau were 12th with 67.52 points. Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro were 13th with 65.68.

The menB次元官网网址檚 curling tournament began on Wednesday with CalgaryB次元官网网址檚 Kevin Koe leading Canada to a 5-3 win over Italy in the first draw.

Canada scored a deuce in the eighth end to break a 2-2 tie but the Italians came right back with a double takeout to earn a single in the ninth. Holding hammer in the 10th, Koe earned an easy point with his final stone for the gameB次元官网网址檚 decisive score.

The Canadians will play Britain in the dayB次元官网网址檚 second draw.

The top four teams in the 10-nation round robin advance to the semifinals.

The Canadian Press

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