Korean women’s badminton legend So-young Jeong (Jeonbuk Sports Council director and leader of Jeonju Sacred Heart Girls’ High School) and her daughter Kim Hye-jeong (Samsung Life Insurance). Provided by Jeonbuk Sports Council
By winning the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, the mother and daughter set a record of dominating the Asian Games.
The main characters are Korean women’s badminton legend Jeong So-young (Jeonbuk Sports Council director and Jeonju Sacred Heart Girls’ High School leader) and her daughter Kim Hye-jeong (Samsung Life Insurance).
On the 1st, Korea defeated China 3-0 in the Korean women’s badminton team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games, standing tall at the top of Asia.
In particular, it has been 29 years since Korea’s victory in the women’s team event at the Asian Games since the 1994 Hiroshima Games.
With this win, Kim Hye-jeong, who was a member of the team event, stood on top of the podium where her mother, Jeong So-young, director of the Provincial Sports Council, stood 29 years ago.
Director So-young Jeong was the 1992 Barcelona women’s doubles gold medalist and a true Korean badminton legend who won the gold medal in the team event at the 1994 Hiroshima Asian Games. Recently, she also won the women’s doubles title at the ‘2023 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Senior Championships’ held in Jeonju.
Jeong So-young, director of the Provincial Sports Council, said, “I am truly proud, proud, and grateful of our athletes, including Hye-jeong. Winning for the first time in 29 years is important, but I expect that Korean athletes will gain confidence through this competition and achieve good results at next year’s Paris Olympics.” “he said.
2023-10-02 06:09:12
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