Ahn Se-young and Shin Yu-bin, a generation that grew up watching seniors frustrated by the Chinese tax
This season, the Chinese powerhouses have been beaten consecutively and rise to the top.. Expect Hangzhou AG ↑
Badminton Ahn Se-young. ⓒ AP=Newsis
Ahn Se-young (21, Samsung Life Insurance) and Shin Yu-bin (19, Korean Air), the ‘MZ generation’ who grew up watching the frustration of their seniors who were pushed back by the Chinese age, are dreaming of an exhilarating rebellion.
On the 27th (Korean time), in the women’s singles final of the ‘2023 World Badminton Championships’ held at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark, Ahn Se-young beat ‘World Ranking 6’ Carolina Marin (Spain) 2-0 (21-12 21- 10) overpowered and won the gold medal.
Marine, who won three world championships, advanced to the final by beating Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan, world No. 4) and Yamaguchi (Japan, world No. 2), but it was not enough to become Ahn Se-young’s opponent.
Ahn Se-young, who marked the end of the 46-year history of Korean singles, became the first Korean player to reach the top of the world championship women’s singles podium. It is a great achievement that even Bang Soo-hyun (retired), who won the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, could not achieve.
Ahn Se-young swallowed tears when she accepted the shocking report card of being eliminated in the first round after losing to her “nemesis” Chen Yu-fei (China) at the Asian Games in Jakarta. Even at the 2022 Tokyo Olympics, Chen Yufei, who was world number 1 at the time, was cold, but the result was defeat.
Ahn Se-young is no longer a challenger. He was absolutely inferior with 1 win and 8 losses until last year, but this year he has an advantage of 5 wins and 2 losses, including winning the world championship.
Coincidentally, Hangzhou, where the Asian Games are held, is Chen Yufei’s hometown. One-sided support is expected, but Ahn Se-young’s desire to win burns even more. Ahn Se-young showed her confidence at a recent media day, saying, “I think I can bring good enough results, whether it’s Chen Yu-fei’s hometown or wherever.” At the World Championships held right after Media Day, she once again defeated Chen Yufei in the semifinals. She is definitely different from her predecessors, who were pushed by the Chinese three and swallowed her bunru.
Ahn Se-young, who reached the top, is a strong motivation for Shin Yu-bin, the present and future of table tennis in Korea.
Shin Yu-bin, ahead of the PyeongChang Asian Table Tennis Championships in September, met with reporters at the Pyeongchang Dome Stadium in Daegwallyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun on the 29th and said, “(Ahn Se-young’s win) is really cool. I also want to show a cool image,” she said without hiding her greed.
Table tennis Shin Yu-bin (left). ⓒ Korea Table Tennis Association
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a high school girl who was called ‘Pipyak’ and received a lot of love has grown into an ace. In the women’s doubles, Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee rose to the top of the world in women’s doubles thanks to their achievements, such as winning four times in this year’s WTT Contenders alone. In recent international competitions, she has been reborn as a world-class powerhouse, winning several gold medals around her neck.
1 in the world rankings in doubles. Last May she tied Jeon Ji-hee for her silver medal at the World Championships in Durban, South Africa. In the semifinals, she thrashed the then ‘World No. 1’ Chinese Sun Yingsha-Wangman Wei Zhao 3-0. She missed out on the gold medal in the World Championships final, losing to China’s Yidi Wang-Tianmeng pair, but continued to beat the Chinese pair at subsequent events to maintain her world No. 1 spot.
Shin Yu-bin, who is participating in the Asian Games for the first time, is excited rather than nervous. Shin Yu-bin, who reached the women’s doubles final at the World Championships for the first time as a Korean player in 36 years, said, “Beating Chinese players makes her more confident. She wants to go to China (Hangzhou) and beat Chinese players.”
Shin Yu-bin and Ahn Se-young are in a position to defend themselves, not rebel, just looking at their current rankings. It is the pride of Korean badminton and table tennis, which have grown so much.
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2023-08-30 03:46:00
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