Ahn Se-young Claims Gold in Badminton Women’s Singles at Asian Games

[배드민턴코리아] Ahn Se-young (21, Samsung Life Insurance), ranked first in the badminton women’s singles world rankings, defeated third-ranked Chen Yufei (25, China) in a close match and won the gold medal, becoming the second Asian Games winner.

Ahn Se-young, who was aiming for the gold medal in both badminton women’s team and women’s singles events at the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games, won the women’s singles final match against her arch-rival Chen Yufei held at Hangzhou Binjiang Stadium on the 7th, 2-1 (21-18 17-21 21-8) ) The goal was achieved with victory.

Ahn Se-young continued his characteristic tenacious play in the seesaw game against his opponent in the first game. However, in the second half of the first game, after she was ahead by one point over Chen Yufei, she briefly stopped playing and received medical attention as if there was something wrong with her knee. Nevertheless, Ahn Se-young, who continued the game, widened the score gap to 3 points again and maintained victory in game 1.

Ahn Se-young, who won the first game despite being injured, was completely pushed out in the second game that immediately followed. Perhaps due to the aftermath of her knee injury, Ahn Se-young was unable to dominate her opponent and lost the game to Cheon Yu-fei. As a result, the game was tied 1-1 and was tense.

Ahn Se-young dominated the long-awaited three games. Ahn Se-young, who courageously took the court despite concerns about a knee injury, showed a perfect performance that did not allow a single tie, leading 5-0 early in the game. In the end, Ahn Se-young tied Chen Yu-fei with 8 points and easily achieved the gold medal point, taking the top spot for the second time in this competition.

Reporter Jeong Hyun-soo [email protected]

2023-10-08 19:57:30
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