Kim Ga-eun. Photo = Getty Images Korea
Will ‘Second Man’ Kim Ga-eun win the Badminton World Tour?
Kim Ga-eun (Samsung Life Insurance) was selected as a strong candidate for the championship at the ‘2024 German Open Badminton Championships’ to be held in Mülheim, Germany from the 27th.
On the 27th, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) introduced on its official website, “As top seed national teammate Ahn Se-young did not participate, Kim Ga-eun was given the opportunity to win her second World Tour title.”
World No. 1 Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) will not participate in this tournament. This is for preparation and conditioning for the Paris Olympics. Last year’s men’s doubles winning team Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho, men’s doubles runner-up team Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk, and women’s doubles third-place team Kim So-young and Kong Hee-yong will also not participate in this tournament.
In Korea, Kim Ga-eun, ranked 13th in the world, will participate in the women’s singles, and Jeon Hyeok-jin, ranked 54th in the world, will participate in the men’s singles. In mixed doubles, world 7th ranked Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun, who were runners-up in this competition last year, entered the competition.
The player who is drawing attention is Kim Ga-eun. Kim Ga-eun was frustrated after losing to Ahn Se-young in the quarterfinals last year. She is Kim Ga-eun’s opportunity to rise to the highest heights.
The World Badminton Federation is also watching Kim Ga-eun. The federation introduced, “Kim Ga-eun hung her first winner’s medal around her neck at the Korea Open last November,” and added, “Kim Ga-eun’s opponent is former world champion Ratchanok Inthanon (Thailand, world No. 14).”
Intanon has recently recovered from an injury and is in good condition. Ga-eun Kim is ahead of Intanon with 2 wins and 1 loss.
Attention is focused on whether Kim Ga-eun will shed the shadow of ‘second in command’ and spread her wings of flight.
Jaemin Kwon, Sports Donga Reporter [email protected]
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2024-02-27 21:00:44
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