Lee Jong-min (Gwangmyeong North High School 2) earned the Taegeuk mark by placing 6th in the men’s doubles at the 2024 badminton national team selection competition. Korea Badminton Association
Kim Min-seon (Wonju Chiak High School 2) became the first person to wear the Taegeuk symbol after placing second in Group A in the women’s singles. Korea Badminton Association
[스포츠서울 | 김경무 전문기자] As two high school students, including Kim Min-seon (17, Wonju Dental Medicine 2nd year), the younger brother of the ‘twin prodigies’, and Lee Jong-min (17, Gwangmyeong North High School 2nd year), were selected in the 2024 badminton national team selection competition, attention is being paid to whether they will create a new wind.
The Korean Badminton Association (Chairman Kim Taek-gyu) held next year’s national team selection competition for 7 days from the 21st to the 27th at the Citizen’s Gymnasium in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, with a total of 109 players (58 men and 51 women) participating.
As a result, 38 new national representatives (8 each in men’s and women’s singles, 11 in men’s doubles, and 11 in women’s doubles) were confirmed.
In women’s singles, world No. 1 Se-young Ahn (21, Samsung Life Insurance) was automatically selected as the national team by ranking in the world’s top 16, followed by Yu-jin Shim (24, Incheon International Airport), Joo-eun Kim (26, Gimcheon City Hall), and Ga-eun Park (22, Gimcheon City Hall took first place in the full league in Groups A, B, and C, respectively, and was awarded the Taegeuk symbol.
Sim Yu-jin (Incheon International Airport). Korea Badminton Association
Shim Yu-jin played a leading role in the Korean team winning the 2022 Uber Cup (World Women’s Team Badminton Championship) in May last year, but suffered the misfortune of not being able to participate in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games with the Taegeuk symbol.
Kim Min-seon has already attracted a lot of attention as he placed second in Group A and was selected for the first adult national team.
Kim Ga-eun (25, Samsung Life Insurance), ranked 12th in the world and struggling hard despite an ankle injury, took second place in Group B, and Kim Ga-ram (21, Cheong Kwan-jang), a member of the gold medal in the women’s team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games, placed second in Group C, maintaining the Taegeuk mark. I did it.
Kim Seong-min (23, Gimcheon City Hall) placed 7th in the selection competition and became a member of the national team for the first time in his life.
Jo Geon-yeop (Seongnam City Hall) took first place in men’s singles group A. Korea Badminton Association
Hyukjin Jeon (Yonex). Yonex
In the men’s singles (8 players), Geon Yeop (27, Seongnam City Hall) and Jeon Hyuk Jin (28, Yonex) took first place in Groups A and B, maintaining the Taegeuk mark. Rookie Kim Hae-den (20, Korea National Sport University 3rd year) ranked first in Group C and was selected to the adult national team for the first time.
In addition, Min-seon Jeong (24, Armed Forces Athletic Corps), Seung-hoon Seung (24, Gimcheon City Hall), Yun-gyu Lee (26, Gimcheon City Hall), Byeong-jae Kim (19, Samsung Life Insurance), and Dong-hoon Kim (30, Miryang City Hall) were selected for the men’s singles.
In men’s doubles, Seo Seung-jae (26, Samsung Life Insurance), Kang Min-hyuk (24, Samsung Life Insurance), and Kim Won-ho (24, Samsung Life Insurance) ranked 8th in the world and were automatically selected to the national team again, while high school senior Lee Jong-min ranked 6th for the first time. Became a national representative.
However, Na Seong-seung (24, Gimcheon City Hall), who was a bronze medal member of the Korean team in the men’s team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games, was eliminated due to poor performance. He was scheduled to form a new group with Kim Won-ho next year, but was eliminated, deepening the worries of the national team coaching staff.
Jinyong (Yonex) was selected as the national men’s doubles team member. Korea Badminton Association
Young bloods such as Jin Yong (20, Yonex), Kim Jae-hyun (21, Yonex), and Noh Jin-seong (20, MG Saemaeul Geumgo) were selected for the national team by placing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the selection competition.
Lee Min-seo (22, Inha University 4th grade) and Lee Sang-won (27, Chungju City Hall) also became national representatives for the first time by placing 4th and 5th in the selection competition. Ki Dong-ju (22, Incheon International Airport) and Na Gwang-min (21, Korea National Sport University) were also selected.
In women’s doubles, Lee So-hee (29, Incheon International Airport), Baek Hana (23, MG Saemaul Geumgo), Kim So-young (31, Incheon International Airport), Gong Hee-yong (26, Jeonbuk Bank), Chae Yu-jeong (28, Incheon International Airport), Jeong Naeun (23, Hwasun County Office) was automatically selected as she ranked 8th in the world.
In this selection competition, Kim Hye-jeong (25, Samsung Life Insurance) and Lee Yu-rim (23, Samsung Life Insurance) took first and second places and returned to the national team.
Lee Yeon-woo (22, Samsung Life Insurance) and Kim Bo-ryeong (21, Gimcheon City Hall) took 3rd and 4th place and were selected as national representatives for the first time, while Shin Seung-chan (29, Incheon International Airport) took 5th place and took the last train. [email protected]
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