[서울=뉴시스] Badminton women’s doubles Lee So-hee and Baek Hana were selected as the March Most Valuable Players (MVPs) at the 2024 MBN Women’s Sports Awards. (Photo = Provided by MBN) *Resale and DB prohibited
[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Kim Hee-jun = Badminton women’s doubles Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) and Baek Hana (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) were selected as the March Best Players (MVP) at the 2024 MBN Women’s Sports Awards.
Lee So-hee and Baek Hana, ranked second in the women’s doubles world rankings, defeated Japan’s Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida 2-1 (21-19 11-21 21-17) in the finals of the 2024 All England Open held in Birmingham, England on the 17th of last month to reach the top. I stood.
Lee So-hee and Baek Hana, who were satisfied with second place in the finals of this competition last year behind their national team teammates Kim So-young and Kong Hee-yong, resolved their disappointment by winning this year’s competition.
Thanks to the performances of Lee So-hee and Baek Hana, Korean badminton won the women’s doubles gold medal for two consecutive years at the World’s most traditional and prestigious All England Open, which started in 1899 and is now in its 125th year. Lee So-hee and Baek Hana, who were ranked in the world’s top 100 in the second half of 2022, enjoyed a rapid rise by winning three international competitions in the first half of last year alone, and raised expectations of a gold medal by taking the top spot at the All England Open about four months before the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Lee So-hee said, “I am happy to receive the award this year as well as last year. I want to work harder and deliver good news after the Olympics.”
Baek Hana also pledged, “I was the winner in June last year, and I will make sure I receive the award more often. I will prepare well with my sister so that we can achieve good results this year as well.”
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2024-04-30 07:35:10
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