Badminton women’s doubles ‘Kim-Kong’ rises to No. 1 in the world rankings

Kim So-young (Incheon International Airport) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank), the signboard of Korea’s badminton women’s doubles, gained 101,375 points in the World Badminton Federation (BWF) world ranking announced on the 4th and took first place.

Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong, who are called ‘Kim-Kong’ abroad after the surnames of the two players, maintained their points compared to last week, while the Chinese Libra

Cheon-Zaipan followed a decline of 5,000 points from 105,816 points.

Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong were runners-up at the World Individual Badminton Championships in August this year, and last month they won the bronze medal at the Japan Open Badminton Championships.

Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong will participate in the Danish Open Badminton Championships and the French Open Badminton Championships on the 18th and 25th.

[국영호 기자]