"'Korean Derby' Goes to Final' Badminton Bliss Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun "I'll take responsibility and win the gold medal!"
Aug 02, 2024
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The cheers of the victory of the Korean Derby led to a sense of responsibility. Korea's mixed doubles badminton has secured a silver medal. Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jung Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) succeeded in advancing to the final.
Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun laughed in the semifinal match between Korean players. World No. 8 Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun won 2-1 (21-16 20-22 23-21) over world No. 2 Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yoo-jung (Incheon International Airport) in the semifinals of badminton mixed doubles at the 2024 Paris Olympics held at Port Drachapel Stadium in Paris, France on the 2nd (Korea time). Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun will reach the final and try for the gold medal. It is the first time for Korean badminton to reach the final on the Olympic stage since the 2008 Beijing Games. Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung will compete in the bronze medal match.
It was a cheeky match. They won the quarterfinals the day before and clashed in the semifinals. Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun, who were on the verge of elimination with one win and two losses in the group qualifying round, advanced to the quarterfinals as second place in Group A, ahead of -1 (three wins and four losses) in the game. In the quarterfinals, they won 2-0 against Malaysia's Chen Tangier-Toyway Group. Earlier on the same day, Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jeong defeated Hong Kong's Tang Man-Che Yingshuet 2-0 to advance to the semifinals. Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung came to the semifinals by showing off their overwhelming skills from the group qualifying round.
Seo said, `I think it would be an honor to be in the semifinals. "I hope we do our best and do well for all of us. I think the game will be fun if we do our best to do what we and our juniors can do." "I will watch the quarterfinals between Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun," he said. "I will analyze and cheer for them." I hope you do well as a Korean player." Kim Won-ho confidently said, `I'm so happy that the two Korean teams went up to the semifinals of the Olympics' and `I'll do my best until the end because the world of victory is cold.' Jung Na-eun said, `We should play without regret and go back to Korea"I want to try my best since there's not much time left until the gold medal."."
As both women's and men's doubles failed to advance to the semifinals earlier, expectations for mixed doubles have grown. No matter who wins, they will win the first medal of Korean badminton in this tournament, but the game was a match. In the relative match, Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung overwhelmed Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun with all five wins. However, the variable was that Seo Seung-jae played the men's doubles quarterfinals during the day and had a physical burden.
It was a great match. It lasted 77 minutes. Kim Won-ho and Jung Na-eun won the first set, and Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung won the second set. The last set of fate. A tight race ensued. There is a last-minute variable. Kim Won-ho requested a medical time. I vomited. There was no giving up. He finally won the deuce game and ended it.
Kim Won-ho, whom I met after the game, still doesn't feel like winning. I'm not sure if I won yet." Jung Na-eun also "I don't feel real. I wonder if this is right, and we had a hard time coming up from the preliminary round, but I think it's a really unbelievable result to come up to the final like this." It was a more thrilling victory because he was an opponent who had never won. Kim Won-ho said "The opponent tried to play more cheerfully and actively than we did. I was able to put pressure on him by being ambitious. Thanks to Na Eun's good lead until the end, he said. Jung Na-eun also "I didn't think about who would go to the finals. I think I was less nervous than the preliminaries."
Kim Won-ho vomited at the last minute. Kim Won-ho "I kept getting nauseous in the second half. I thought it was just one time, but I thought I'd do it on the mat, so I called Leffrey, vomited in the bag, and played again"There seem to be both physical and psychological causes. I think there was a part where I played without having dinner. I think he showed what he shouldn't show at the Olympics." It was partner Jung Na-eun who caught Kim Won-ho who was shaking. Kim Won-ho "At that time, the battery was completely dead. I'll leave it up to you. There is nothing I can do about it. I put pressure on Na-eun, but she led me while comforting me well.' Jung Na-eun "My brother trusted me and said he would do it. It was a burden, but I had no choice but to make it in that situation. I caught my brother more and played the game."
Kim Won-ho received military service benefits with this victory. He "I remember being caught thinking of the military in the situation of winning the final at the last Asian Games. This time, I tried not to show my mind. I didn't think about it during the game, I did my best" he said. As it was the final that came up after beating the Korean player, the determination was different. "We played a little less game in the preliminary round, but the final will probably be different. "
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