Badminton star Kim Min-seon was selected as a member of the national team. Photo = Korea Badminton Association
‘The second Ahn Se-young’ Kim Min-seon (17, Wonju Chiak High School) was selected as a member of the adult national team.
On the 27th, the Korea Badminton Association announced the results of the national team selection competition held over the past 7 days at the Citizens’ Gymnasium in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province. A total of 38 players, including automatically selected top-ranked players (16th in singles and within 8th in doubles), including Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s singles ranking No. 1 Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) and 2023 BWF Male Athlete of the Year Award winner Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance). People wore the Taegeuk symbol.
The most eye-catching name is Kim Min-seon. Kim Min-seon, a second-year high school student born in 2006, won two gold medals in women’s singles and women’s doubles at the U19 Junior Championships held in Thailand on the 11th. On the 3rd, she also won the U19 women’s singles title at the Korea Junior Championships.
Kim Min-seon showed a fierce smashing performance against her ‘sisters’ in the full league of the preliminary round, recording 7 wins and 1 loss, and ranked 2nd in the group.
Age and experience do not necessarily lead to victory. Ahn Se-young was also in her third year of middle school. She was first selected for the adult national team at the age of 16, and since then, she has steadily grown and become the strongest woman’s singles player. Kim Min-sun is attracting more attention because she is a new star who appeared after Ahn Se-young showed such actions.
In the men’s division, second-year high school student Lee Jong-min (Gwangmyeong North High School) ranked 6th in the final and made it to the national team. Another vitality has been added to Korean badminton, which has seen a revival due to a generational change.
Reporter Ahn Hee-soo [email protected]
2023-12-28 06:05:30
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