Heartbroken Badminton Coaches"Sending to the People...Let me tell you the fact that 'Ahn Se-young's interview'"

Aug 08, 2024

A confirmation letter for the 'fact check' of five coaching staff, including the general manager of the national badminton team, regarding 'Ahn Se-young's bombshell remarks' was released.

The Badminton Korea Association is sorry that Ahn Se-young's interview on the afternoon of the 7th made the venue for the Paris Olympics heavy"I published a long explanatory document, and attached a five-page leader confirmation letter to the last page of it.

An Se-young won the gold medal in the women's singles final at the Paris Olympics against China's He Bing Zhao at the Port Drachapel Stadium in Paris on the 5th (Korea time). Ahn Se-young is delighted by hugging coach Kim Hak-kyun and coach Ronnie. Paris (France) = Reporter Chung Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2024.8.5/

After winning her first Olympic gold medal in 28 years in the women's badminton singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics on the 5th, Ahn expressed disappointment over the association's support and injury management in an on-site interview. It was such a hot issue that even the president of Yoon Suk Yeol expressed his interest directly. Ahn Se-young poured out her determined remarks after saying, `The moment when I fought with trainers and coaches, cried and got annoyed when I couldn't climb because of injuries after the Asian Games was over.' "My injuries were worse than I thought. I thought the national team was too complacent. I was very disappointed in the national team. I'm sorry that Sujeongsam (former personal trainer) made me look around a lot and have a hard time to make my dream come true. After this moment, I thought it would be difficult to continue with the national team."

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Ahn Se-young, a national team member who won a gold medal in badminton singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, returned home via Incheon International Airport on the 7th. Incheon International Airport = Reporter Heo Sang-wook wook@sportschosun.com /2024.08.07/

There is no gold medal that is so heartbreaking that anger became the power of the gold medal for a young player who is about 20 years old, 'Badminton Empress' that everyone loved. Controversy poured out without time to enjoy the excitement of the gold medal, and the Olympic site was devastated. In a confirmation letter released by the Badminton Association, the Badminton team said "All the Badminton team members are very sorry to have caused concern to the public even though they did well in connection with the interview with Ahn Se-youngAfter the message ", I wrote the confirmation letter to the people only to inform them of the facts" he said. "All of our badminton coaches have been working hard to maintain their best performance for each of the 12 athletes who participated in the Olympics while preparing for the Paris Olympics. If there was anything that the athletes felt uncomfortable about, I would like to apologize to the athletes and the people once again, and I would like to reiterate that it was a thorough preparation process for the Olympics but had no personal feelings or intentions" Please understand that we will continue to avoid battles with players and anyone, including the Badminton Association, and that we will seek to find a point of contact where we can understand each other as much as possible, and that we have no intention of blaming anyone. However, in order to correct the minimum facts so that there is no misunderstanding of the current situation, we will check the progress of related mattersAfter writing ," the signatures of five coaching staff members were attached.

In response to the interview that injury management or player protection were insufficient in preparing for the Olympics, the coaches disclosed the application process within the national team. According to the report, Ahn Se-young injured her ankle while landing during training on the 14th, a day after arriving at the Paris Platform, a pre-training camp in Fontainebleau, and after being diagnosed with ankle tendon damage, Ahn expressed his desire not to take an MRI, and after being diagnosed with ankle tendon damage, Ahn talked to the coaching staff and dispatched the Korean medicine doctor he wanted to provide close support. From July 22 to August 4, it is known that the treatment was supported by spending more than 11 million won.

Regarding the issue of A trainer's renewal mentioned several times by Ahn Se-young "At the request of Ahn Se-young, the coach asked the A trainer to consider extending the contract period, and asked the sports association to cooperate to let him go to the pre-camp only." he said. Of the 12 badminton players participating in the Olympics, Ahn was provided with a dedicated trainer from February 2024 to help manage and recover from the injury. Of the 143 South Korean athletes who participated in the Olympics, Ahn Se-young is the only athlete who receives personal trainer support. After the contract was extended at the end of June, he proposed a one-month contract extension until the end of the Olympic Games.

"The badminton general manager met with the head of the athlete's village and asked for a P-card (training trainer) allocation for trainer A to accompany him to the Olympics, and the sports association approved it, but trainer A visited the coach and said he would quit." When the coach said 'What should I do with taping and treatment problems for Ahn Se-young?' Ahn said "I know that I can do well. I'll use the athlete's village medical team" he claimed to have done. At the request of head coach Kim, the athlete village medical therapist was in charge of Ahn Se-young from the beginning to the end of the Olympics.

Regarding the controversy over Ahn Se-young's forced entry into the game immediately after the Hangzhou Asian Games, the coach told Ahn in November last year that `you don't have to overdo it and focus on rehabilitation,' and in December last year, Ahn told the coach "I'm sorry and thank you. I'll trust the director and keep up with the goal"He sent a text message thanking him, and the director claimed that he never forced him to play, revealing that he replied, "I have nothing to apologize to the teacher, and I have to encourage and love myself more.'

Ahead of her departure in Paris on the 6th, the badminton coaches submitted this confirmation to the association and the Korean Sports Council, which closely summarized Ahn's treatment process and rehabilitation progress by time.

An official from the athletes' village said, `The leaders' sense of loss is enormous because of the turmoil right after winning the gold medal, which we desperately wanted. Everyone is crying, saying that it hurts to become a bad adult to my student"The mood was conveyed. "I understand that leaders who don't want to blame the association or the players and don't want to be noisy don't answer the phone. I left after giving a confirmation letter to accurately inform the facts amid the controversy."

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