The most decorated South Korean-born Olympian is ready for the very real possibility that he gets booed while competing at the PyeongChang Winter Games.
Short track speed skater Viktor Ahn won his first four Olympic medals for South Korea in 2006 as Ahn-Hyun Soo.
His next four came for Russia in 2014, after Ahn’s falling out with South Korea’s short track powers and nationality switch.
Now, the 31-year-old Ahn is preparing for what should be his last Olympics.
He has competed as a Russian in World Cups in South Korea in 2013 and 2016, but PyeongChang will of course be on another level.