26 years of age 'Fantastic duo' Jeong Jae-gun - Yoo Soo-young Badminton - Great achievement to the men's uniform final. Ensure minimum 銀
Sep 01, 2024
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Jung Jae-gun (47, WH1, Ulsan Jung-gu Office) and Yoo Soo-young (21, WH2) group, the "Hope of Korean Badminton Doubles", advanced to the final by lightly defeating Japan's Matsumoto Takumi-Nagashima Osamu team with a set score of 2-0 (21-12, 21-12) in the semifinals of the badminton men's doubles (WH1, Grade 2) held at the Port de Chappelle Arena in France early on the 1st (Korea time).
Jung Jae-gun and Yoo Soo-young, who have secured at least a silver medal, are now trying to win the gold medal. The opponent is China's Mai Jianfeng-Qujmo group, who collaborated for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Badminton Men's Doubles (WH1, Grade 2) Gold Medal.
I met the same team twice a day and won them all. No matter how proven the Paralympic stage is, the difference in skills is clear. In particular, it is difficult for the unilateral results to be overturned in half a day. The relationship between Jung Jae-gun and Yoo Soo-young and Matsumoto and Nagashima was just that.
The two teams were assigned to Group A and had already competed once in the group qualifying round. That was only 10 hours before the semifinals. Jung Jae-gun and Yoo Soo-young secured the top spot in the group with a 2-0 set score in 34 minutes. Eventually, a situation was created in which they faced off twice a day.
In the badminton men's doubles (WH1, Grade 2), four teams will be divided into A and B groups for the group qualifying round, and the top two teams in each group will play in the semifinals. However, at the Paris Paralympics, the semifinal match was decided by drawing, not by a typical cross (a match between the first and second places in the opponent's group). The two first-place teams in the group are placed on both sides of the semifinal first, and the two second-place teams in the group are drawn and attached to each other.
After the group qualifying round, the draw decided Matsumoto-Nagashima group, which had already played in Group A, as the semifinal match.
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In the end, they finished with a 2-0 set score in 36 minutes and reached the final. It was one-sided throughout the game. In the first set, Jung Jae-gun and Yoo Soo-young reached 11 points first and changed the court. Japan scored only five points. The strategy prepared after changing the coat shone. While Japan won one point, Jung Jae-gun and Yoo Soo-young scored six points to make it 17-6. Japan chased late, but in the end, the first set finished 21-12.
The second set was similar. From the beginning, Jung Jae-gun's strong smash and Yoo Soo-young's hairpin caught off guard were fierce, widening the score gap. After changing the court to 11-7, the gap quickly widened to 18-11. The chase was impossible. They finished 21-12 as in the first set.
Jung Jae-gun said, `Originally, in international competitions such as the World Championship, the group stage is passed unconditionally and the team from the other group and the semifinals are played. However, I heard that the semifinals will be decided by lottery at the Paris Paralympics." Yoo Soo-young "We were lucky. I was very lucky to meet another winner."
Jung Jae-gun then meets the winner of the China-Japan match in the final, and I think I will meet China because it is such a strong team. I'll make a good strategy." Yoo Soo-young said "It's great if Japan comes up, but I don't know if I'll be lucky. It is not something to be sad about even if you win a silver medal. No matter how the results come out, I want to enjoy it as much as possible and do everything I can without regret and come out."
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