▲ Seyoung Ahn is taking a return shot in the round of 16 of the women’s singles at the 2022 World Individual Badminton Championships held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Stadium in Japan on August 25 last year. China’s warning has fallen on Korean badminton, which is on the rise. China’s Xinhua News Agency selected Ahn Se-young, No. 1 in the women’s singles world rankings, as a strong candidate for the championship, and the mixed doubles pair of Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong as a dark horse.
On the 22nd, Xinhua News Agency posted an article titled ‘China on the hunt for medals amid challenges from rival countries’ on its English-language website, Xinhua Net.
At the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, China swept three gold medals among seven badminton events, including men’s team, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. On the other hand, Korea suffered the humiliation of receiving no medal for the first time in 40 years since the 1978 Bangkok Games.
However, Korea’s power has greatly improved in five years, including the emergence of Ahn Se-young. Shinhwa Net said, “Japan and Indonesia are still competitive, and Korea, which performed poorly in Jakarta, has recently been on the rise.” In particular, she said of Ahn Se-young, “She is only 21 years old this season, and she has won nine titles in competitions,” and analyzed that she “is expected to have a very high chance of winning the women’s singles gold medal.” Ahn Se-young swept gold medals in 9 competitions this year, including the World Individual Championships, All England Open, and China Open, and she was ranked No. 1 in the world. He then introduced Chen Yu-fei (China), Akane Yamaguchi (Japan), and Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan) as ‘strong challengers’. ▲ Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong (left) at the 2019 German Open Badminton Championships held in Mulheim, Germany. Playing in the quarterfinals. Xinhua Net, provided by Yonex Korea, also observed, “Zheng Shiwei and Huang Ya-chong (China and world no. 1) are the strongest, but they are in a bleak state after recently losing twice in a row to Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong.” Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong won their first win after 9 out of 10 periods against Zheng Si-wei and Huang Ya-chong in the final of the World Championships last month, and recorded two consecutive wins in their meeting in the quarterfinals of this month’s China Open.
The Asian Games badminton competition will be held for four days starting on the 28th, with individual matches taking place from October 2nd to 7th.
Reporter Jang Hyeong-woo, Hangzhou
2023-09-23 05:28:32
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