'A suggestion of retirement after winning a gold medal?' Why did Ahn Se-young say 'bombshells'? Badminton world "It exploded in the end"
Aug 05, 2024
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Badminton empress Ahn Se-young (22, Samsung Life Insurance) won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics and made a 'bomb statement', causing a stir.
Ahn Se-young defeated Her Bing Zhao (21-13, 21-16) in the women's singles final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at Port Drachapel Stadium in Paris, France on the 5th (Korea time). It is the first women's singles competition in 28 years since the 1996 Atlanta Games. It is also the first badminton gold medal in 16 years since the mixed doubles (Lee Yong-dae and Lee Hyo-jung) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The moment of joy was also brief, and Ahn Se-young made shocking remarks as if determined while talking about her acceptance speech in an interview after the awards ceremony.
Ahn said "My injury was worse than I thought. I thought the national team was too complacent. I was very disappointed in the national team. I'm sorry that XX teacher made me look around and have a hard time to make my dream come true. At the end of this moment, I thought it would be difficult to continue with the national team."
Then "I think it's cruel for a player to not be able to participate in the Olympics just because he leaves the national team. Badminton is different in both singles and doubles, and I don't think players should be disqualified. I think the association is blocking everything. I think badminton can make a lot of progress, but I think it's time to look back on the fact that only one gold medal came out"He also said.
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Cold water was sprayed on Korea's Olympic success atmosphere when a young player, who had to run in his prime, even hinted at returning to the national team as soon as he won the gold medal, and Korean fans were shocked.
In the badminton world, "It burst out in the end" came out in unison. An official also said, `Just as Ahn Se-young sent her luck to people before leaving the Olympics, there were many concerns that even if she succeeded (in a gold medal), she would hit it even if she did not succeed, but it became a reality.'
According to Sports Chosun coverage, Ahn Se-young had quite a few internal conflicts with the association and others while preparing for the Paris Olympics. Ahn Se-young is a strong gold medal candidate and the world's top player, so the athletes' village even put a special trainer on her.
A, who named Ahn Se-young in the interview, is the trainer in charge. Trainer A and trainer Ahn Se-young hit it off so-called 'Hap', and Ahn also trusted trainer A who manages his injury rehabilitation.
However, officials say that since it was an organized life in the athletes' village, there was an invisible mismatch. In addition, Ahn Se-young's disappointment was reportedly aggravated as trainer A's trip to Paris, which was supposed to accompany him to the Paris Olympics, was suddenly canceled.
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But this is only part of it. It is known that the association has been accumulating internal conflicts due to the fact that it does not match the level of Ahn Se-young's demands in the national team management system or the management of injured players. In particular, the knee injury obtained at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year was serious, but distrust has accumulated since then as the association's management system has failed to scratch Ahn Se-young's 'Itchy Place'. In the end, Ahn Se-young even delivered her requirements to the association in an unusual way earlier this year.
In this regard, he accepted Ahn's request, but there were not a few demands that could not be accepted due to the nature of the national teamConsidering that there were also testimonies that ", the antagonism between the association and Ahn Se-young seems to have continued.
On top of that, there was also an incident that added fuel to Ahn's complaint at the Paris site. Ahn Se-young sprained her ankle two days after entering Paris, and she again disagreed with the association on how to respond to the injury quickly. After wasting time like that, Ahn Se-young's requested oriental medicine medical staff was later dispatched from Korea to Paris for treatment.
As all kinds of bad news overlap, the participation in the Olympics should not be prevented just because he is not a member of the national team. The association seems to be blocking everything, and it has become a direct hit on the association.
On the other hand, another official said, `It may be just an open competition, but international competitions such as the Olympics are a national competition. It is a common current regulation for all sports to qualify the national team for participation. Ahn Se-young's point seems to symbolically show that the disappointment for the association is so great"I understand that there were not a few invisible differences in opinion on various other issues other than " he said.
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