Korean Women’s Badminton Team Wins Gold at 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, Ending 29-Year Drought

Ahn Se-young is cheering after winning against Chen Yu-fei in the badminton women’s team final match between Korea and China at the Hangzhou Asian Games held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 1st. 2023.10.1/News 1
Kim Ga-eun is cheering after winning against He Bingjiao in the badminton women’s team final match between South Korea and China at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 1st. The women’s badminton team led by Ahn Se-young won the team gold medal for the first time in 29 years since the 1994 Hiroshima Games. 2023.10.1/News 1 Korean women’s badminton has reached the top of Asia for the first time in 29 years.

Korea won a landslide 3-0 victory over China in the women’s team finals held at the Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 1st, without giving up a single set.

This is Korea’s first victory in the women’s team event at the Asian Games since the 1994 Hiroshima Games and only the second time in history.

It has been 29 years since Korea defeated China in the women’s team event at the Asian Games. The badminton women’s team, including Ahn Se-young, is cheering after winning the gold medal in the badminton women’s team final at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 1st. The Korean women’s badminton team won the team gold medal for the first time in 29 years since the 1994 Hiroshima Games. 2023.10.1/News1 Korea has failed to overcome China on the way to the championship, having last won the semifinal against China at the 1994 Hiroshima Games.

At the 1998 Bangkok Games, they lost 1-3 to China and won a silver medal, and at the 2002 Busan Games, they lost 1-3 to China in the final.

In the 2006 Doha and 2010 Guangzhou tournaments, they met China in the semifinals and lost 0-3 in both games, failing to even advance to the finals.

In the finals of the 2014 Incheon Games, they were also blocked by China’s wall. ‘No medal’ Sumo was eliminated in the quarterfinals without a chance to face off in Jakarta 2018.

The badminton women’s team, including Ahn Se-young, is cheering after winning the gold medal in the badminton women’s team final at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 1st. The Korean women’s badminton team won the team gold medal for the first time in 29 years since the 1994 Hiroshima Games. 2023.10.1/News 1 With this valuable win, Korean women’s badminton avenged its poor performance in the previous competition and announced the emergence of a new powerhouse.

On the other hand, China finished second in a row for the second time in a row after losing to Japan in the finals of the last tournament.

Before that, China swept the women’s team gold medal five times in a row, starting from the 1998 Bangkok Games.

Jo Yoo-kyung, Donga.com reporter [email protected]

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