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[스포츠서울 | 김경무 전문기자] “If we receive proper training at the national team athletes’ village in the future, we can expect to grow to the level of the next Ahn Se-young.” (Kim Jong-woong, Executive Director of the Korea Badminton Association)
The 5th day of the ‘2024 Badminton National Team Selection Tournament’ continued at the Citizen’s Gymnasium in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province on the 25th.
Kim Min-seon (17, Wonju Chiak High School 2nd year), the younger brother of the ‘shuttlecock twin prodigy’, was confirmed as a member of the adult national team for the first time in her career by posting 6 wins and 1 loss in the women’s singles Group A full league, raising expectations in the domestic badminton world.
Kim Min-seon is a promising star who has stood out since elementary and middle school along with her older sister Kim Min-ji (17, Wonju Chiak High School 2nd year). The two swept the women’s doubles championship at the junior stage and showed strength in the women’s singles as well.
Kim Min-seon first tried for the adult national team last year when she was in her first year of high school, but failed to achieve her dream, and in her second attempt, she will wear the Taegeuk symbol.
Kim Min-seon was in second place in the group with 4 wins and 1 loss until the previous day, but on this day, she added 2 wins and confirmed the Taegeuk mark with world 36th place Shim Yu-jin (24, Incheon International Airport), who won all 7 matches.
The competition continues until the 27th, but the results of the remaining games will not be affected.
Before this selection, a total of 27 players will participate in the women’s singles, and they will be divided into 3 groups of 9 people and play the full league, and the 1st and 2nd place players in the group (6 people in total) will be confirmed as the national team. The three players in third place in the group will compete again in the playoffs, with one player taking the last train.
In women’s singles, world number one Se-young Ahn (21, Samsung Life Insurance) was the only player to be automatically selected to the national team without competing in the selection match. This is because there is a rule in the men’s and women’s singles that if you are in the top 16 in the world rankings, you do not have to participate in the selection match.
In Group A, Kim Min-seon only lost to Shim Yu-jin with a game (set) score of 0-2, followed by Lee So-yul (21, Samsung Life Insurance), Kim Seong-min (23, Gimcheon City Hall), Lee Da-hee (24, Jeong Kwan-jang), and Lee Da-eun (19, Busan University of Foreign Studies). ), Kim Yun-ju (20, Kunsan National University), and Ahn Hye-won (22, Chosun University), each won 2-0.
In Group B, World No. 12 Kim Ga-eun (25, Samsung Life Insurance) struggled despite an ankle injury and secured second place in the group with 4 wins and 1 loss. Kim Joo-eun (26, Gimcheon City Hall) is in first place with 6 wins.
In Group C, Park Ga-eun (22, Gimcheon City Hall) is in first place with 4 wins, and current national team member Kim Garam (21, Cheong Kwan-jang) is in second place with 4 wins and 1 loss. However, since there were many players who abstained, they both confirmed the Taegeuk mark.
Kim Min-seon’s older sister, Kim Min-ji (17, Wonju Chiak High School 2nd year), recorded 1 win and 1 loss in Group C, but withdrew the day before due to a worsening left knee injury. [email protected]
2023-12-25 16:48:16
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