First win since the Paris Olympics… Ahn Se-young returns home healthy in body and mind

Easily won the championship after defeating Chinese and Japanese players… When I return home, I am sparing with words.

(Yeongjongdo = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Eui-jin = 2024 Paris Olympics gold medalist Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) returned to Korea after easily winning the international competition held in China.

The Korean national badminton team, including Ahn Se-young, who participated in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 750 China Masters, arrived in Korea through Incheon International Airport on the afternoon of the 25th.

Korean badminton star Ahn Se-young won the women’s singles as the world’s No. 1, and the team of Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jin Yong (Yonex) also took the top spot in the men’s doubles.

This China Masters is Ahn Se-young’s second international competition after the Paris Olympics, where she won a gold medal.

Ahn Se-young, who took a two-month break after the Olympics, announced her return through the Denmark Open last month.

Ahn Se-young, who showed off her skills by taking second place in this competition, did not participate in the Japan Masters, which ended on the 17th, to manage chronic knee and ankle injuries.

Ahn Se-young, who showed light movement as if she had completely shaken off her injury at the China Masters, defeated Zhang Yiman (China, 23rd), Tomoka Miyazaki (Japan, 24th), and Gao Fangjie (China, 28th) 2-0 in the quarterfinals. was completely defeated.

Seyoung Ahn not only got healthier physically.

According to BWF, Ahn Se-young, who said she was “indescribably happy” after winning, said of the recent situation between her and the Korea Badminton Association, “I found my goal as a player and realized what I should do as a player.”

Immediately after winning the Olympic gold medal, Ahn Se-young directly criticized the Badminton Association and the national team regarding injury management, training methods, and decision-making systems.

Ahn Se-young, who was troubled by the resulting repercussions, now seems to have made up her mind to focus on the game.

In fact, unlike the Denmark Open, where there was a sense of discomfort with the coaching staff, including coach Kim Hak-kyun, Ahn Se-young showed active communication with coaches Ronnie Agustinus and Seong Ji-hyun in this tournament.

However, Ahn Se-young did not respond to reporters’ interview requests at the arrival hall that day and remained silent.

Previously, the association announced in a press release on the 23rd, “We conducted interviews with the national team players and held briefing sessions for communication to actively collect the opinions of the players. We have revised some of the absurd national team management guidelines.”

The association, which promised ‘normalization’, will hold an award ceremony for Paris Olympic medalists at the Arina Hotel in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do on the 30th.

Gold medalist Ahn Se-young will receive 100 million won, and silver medalists Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) will each receive 50 million won.

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2024/11/25 19:47 Sent