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[STN스포츠]Reporter Park Jin-myung = Badminton women’s doubles Kim So-young (Incheon International Airport) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) ranked first in the world rankings for the first time.
The Korea Badminton Association announced on the 4th that in the world ranking announced by the World Badminton Federation (BWF) on the 4th, Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong had a total score of 101,375 points, beating the Chinese Qianqingchen and Jiipan groups, who had maintained the first place, with a total score of 101,375 for the first time since 2019. It was announced on the 7th that he had risen to the above position.
The Badminton World Ranking is based on the sum of the points from the top 10 competitions played in the past year. Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong were runners-up at this year’s World Individual Badminton Championships, 3rd at the Japan Open Badminton Championship (Super750), and Korea beat Denmark, Japan and China to win the 2022 World Women’s Team Badminton Championships in Thailand. played a decisive role.
Meanwhile, Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong will participate in the 2022 Danish Open Badminton Championships (Super750) to be held on the 18th and the 2022 French Open Badminton Championships (Super750) to be held on the 25th.
Kim So-young is currently a member of the World Badminton Federation (BWF) player committee.
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