After winning gold in the women’s singles Olympics for the first time in 28 years, the shocking remarks made at the press conference.
An Se-young kisses the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics badminton singles awards ceremony held at the Arena Porte de La Chapelle in Paris, France on the 5th (local time).
On the day that ‘Badminton Queen’ Ahn Se-young (22, pictured) won the women’s singles at the Paris Olympics and gave the Korean team its 11th gold medal, she made a bombshell announcement that she would be leaving the national team. The reason was that the national team responded too complacently to her knee injury. The repercussions are likely to be significant.
World No. 1 Ahn Se-young won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics on the 5th by defeating China’s He Bingzhao (9th) 2-0 in the women’s singles final. This is Korea’s first gold medal in a sport other than shooting, fencing, or archery. This is only the second time in Korean badminton history that the team has won the Olympic singles, and the first in 28 years. In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Bang Soo-hyun (52) won the gold medal in the women’s singles.
However, Ahn Se-young said in a press conference after winning that day, “The injury (of the knee I suffered at the Asian Games last year) was more serious than I thought and it never fully healed, and I was very disappointed that the national team took the injury too lightly,” and “I also think that it might be difficult to continue with the national team in the future.” The Korea Badminton Association decided to hold an interview with Ahn Se-young and announce their position after the national team returns from Paris on the 7th. Ahn Se-young is known to have continuously expressed this dissatisfaction to the association since last year. Cho Young-jae (25) won a silver medal in the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol final at the Paris Olympics on that day. This is the 6th medal for Korean shooters at this competition (3 gold, 3 silver), and their best performance in Olympic history. 안전놀이터