Badminton doubles Lee So-hee (30, Incheon International Airport) and Baek Hana (24, MG Saemaeul Geumgo) received the March Best Player Award (MVP) at the 2024 MBN Women’s Sports Awards.
Lee So-hee and Baek Hana defeated Japan’s Nami Matsuyama and Haru Shida in the women’s doubles final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) All England Open held at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, England.
Thanks to the performance of the two players, Korean badminton won gold medals for two consecutive years at the All England Open, the world’s most traditional and prestigious event, which started in 1899 and is now in its 125th year.
Enlarge photo MBN Women’s Sports Awards March 2024 MVP Lee So-hee Baek Hana. Photo = Provided by Maeil Broadcasting
With this, Lee So-hee and Baek Hana shook off the disappointment of finishing as runners-up in the previous competition. The two, who were ranked in the world’s top 100 in the second half of 2022, enjoyed a rapid rise by winning three international competitions in the first half of 2023. It is evaluated that by taking the top spot at the All England Open, he has increased his chances of winning a gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
Lee So-hee and Baek Hana said, “I am even more happy because I won the MBN Women’s Sports Awards Monthly MVP award for the second year in a row following June last year. “I want to prepare harder and deliver good news to the Paris Olympics,” he said.
The MBN Women’s Sports Awards was established in 2012 to revitalize women’s sports and encourage female sportspeople in Korea.
Every month, players who have shone in Korean women’s sports are selected and awarded as monthly MVPs, and at the end of the year, players who have contributed to raising the status of Korean women’s sports during the year are invited and a comprehensive awards ceremony is held in December.
Kang Dae-ho, MK Sports reporter
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