Tuesday's women's 500-meter short track speed skating final in the Pyeonchang Winter Games ended in a photo finish and some brutal outrage.

Italian skater Arianna Fontana won the event in a heated race with the hosting-country's favorite Choi Minjeong, which was close enough to need a photo finish.

But it was 23-year-old Canadian skater Kim Boutin who has drawn the ire of many South Koreans.

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Choi, after losing first place, was then disqualified from winning the silver medal for interfering with other athletes. Boutin finished in fourth place, but was elevated to third after the disqualification. Yara van Kerkhof of Netherlands came in second.

The problem for many South Koreans is that Boutin looks to have done her share of interfering as well. A GIF of Boutin seeming to push Choi (in white) away from her has quickly gone around the internet, whipping some Olympic fans into a fury.

Why only KOREAN player CHOI MIN JEONG is disqualified? This is unfair. Also Canda player have to be disqualified 😠😡😡😡#최민정선수 평창올림픽 pic.twitter.com/xULtzhG5RW — Tiffany_jw (@jiwoo011228) February 13, 2018

Shortly after the race, a hashtag of Choi's name exploded on the internet. Many of the thousands of reactions blasted Boutin for getting the bronze medal, but plenty more tried to implore people to recognize the Olympic spirit of unity.

Boutin put up an Instagram post the night before the competition in preparation for the event, saying, "500m tomorrow morning. Are-you ready? 🇨🇦."

But immediately following the event, the post was swarmed by outraged fans of Choi, racking up over 10,000 comments, most of which were critical of her performance.

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Boutin has since deleted the post and made her Instagram account private.

Speed skating on a short track is known for its roughness and bumping into people is common in the sport. But that hasn't quelled the outrage for Choi fans who demand to know why she was disqualified and Boutin wasn't.

Choi Min Jeong should have got the silver medal for speed skating. Does the referee hate Choi? Do they hate Korea or somethig? You referees must be blind. All Choi did was put an arm out to push forward. Kim Boutin could have hurt Choi when she pushed her. #최민정선수_실격반대 pic.twitter.com/VhMrTpTRt6 — Tellarin🥝 (@eugene2920) February 13, 2018

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This is unfair. Boutin Kim wearing red uniform in the 1st picture wasn't disqualified although she pushed Choi Minjeong. However, she was disqualified because she just stretched her arm inside the track. No one was damaged by her. We can't admit this judge. pic.twitter.com/o6nMNsQ8IT — 탈트기원중인 새벽달 (@wkselqhtss) February 13, 2018