[스포츠투데이 김영훈 기자] The national badminton team will participate in four BWF World Tour tournaments (Malaysia Open Super1000, India Open Super 750, Indonesia Masters Super500, and Thailand Masters Super300) in succession as its first step in 2024 to challenge for a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
After the national team selection event was held in December last year (December 21-27, 2023), the main players to participate in the competition were
Starting on December 29th, training was conducted in Mungyeong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do as early as the end of the year, and on January 4th, 2024, they entered the Jincheon Athletes’ Village and are in the midst of final training to participate in the competition.
A noteworthy point is Ahn Se-young, who is ranked No. 1 in the world. At the 2023 Malaysia Open held in January last year, she lost to world No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) and gave up first place, but at the 2023 India Open held immediately after, she defeated Yamaguchi in the final and won her first win of the season, and at the Indonesia Masters immediately after, she won Rio 2016. She won the title by defeating Olympic gold medalist Carolina Marin.
After the last Asian Games in Hangzhou, we can see how much Ahn Se-young, who did not fully recover physically, has recovered to her condition, as she lost to Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan, ranked 4th in the world) at the World Tour Finals in the semifinals during a dominant match. It looks like it will be a good stage.
We are also looking forward to the performance of the new groom, Seo Seung-jae. Seo Seung-jae, who became a new groom in December of last year, will fully develop his skills in 2023, showing his best skills by winning two men’s doubles gold medals at the 2023 World Championships and winning the men’s doubles title at the BWF World Tour Finals, which determines the strongest player in the world tour. I look forward to continuing this.
The Malaysia Open and the India Open are Super 1000 and Super 750 level competitions, respectively, and are the highest level competitions among the World Tour Finals. In particular, after the China Masters Tournament in November last year, the world’s top level players rested and rested during the December period. Having completed rehabilitation and winter training, it will be a very important competition in which each athlete can check their skills and add points to participate in the upcoming Paris Olympics. Our team will compete first among the four tournaments, and the highly ranked Malaysia Open and India Open are set as the main target tournaments, and some players are on the way to participate in the tournaments with the goal of earning ranking points by participating in the Indonesia and Thailand Masters. It is scheduled to rise.
Our national team players, who have been running tirelessly throughout 2023 with the goal of participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics, will begin their participation in this competition and then compete again this year, including the French and All England Opens in March, the Asian Championships and the World Men’s and Women’s Team Championships in April. We plan to run tirelessly toward the Paris Olympics.
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2024-01-05 12:14:48
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