South Korea’s Ahn Se-young complains of pain while facing China’s Chen Yu-fei in the badminton women’s singles final at last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games. yunhap news
Ahn Se-young (22, Samsung Life Insurance) reigned as the world’s strongest badminton women’s singles player last year. She became the first Korean player to win the singles title at the World Individual Championships, became the first All England Open champion in 27 years since Bang Soo-hyun, became the world’s No. 1 women’s singles, and won two gold medals for the first time in 29 years at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
However, this season is not going to be easy due to a knee injury suffered at the Asian Games. He withdrew from the quarterfinals of this year’s India Open, and lost in the quarterfinals to He Bingjiao (China), who was considered one step below him at the Asian Championships.
Ahn Se-young directly explained this regarding the injury. On the night of the 7th, Ahn Se-young wrote on Instagram, “I decided to write this because I thought you might be wondering why my injury hasn’t healed for so long.”
Se-young Ahn said, “Contrary to the diagnosis after the Asian Games (from the checkup I received) that I could return after 2 to 6 weeks of rehabilitation, the pain did not decrease, so I visited another hospital after the World Tour Finals in December (last year).” “Contrary to the initial diagnosis, the partial rupture could not improve in a short period of time, and they said I had to maintain it as much as possible until the Olympics to adapt to the pain,” he wrote. He added, “So right now, I’m focusing on the Olympics rather than the results of the competition, and I’m adapting to the pain and getting better.”
The explanation is that I will have to carry the pain until the Paris Olympics in July. Ahn Se-young, who was unfortunately eliminated in the first round in her first appearance at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, has no choice but to challenge despite not fully recovering from her injury as her top priority is to win a gold medal at the Paris Olympics.
Ahn Se-young Instagram capture
However, Ahn Se-young announced on the 4th that her absence from the semifinals of the World Women’s Team Championship (Uber Cup) was not due to a knee injury. Se-young Ahn said, “During this Uber Cup, her condition was poor due to symptoms of acute enteritis caused by stress, not her knee. As a player, self-management is important, and I am sorry for showing that I was unable to do so.” I apologized.
The women’s national team was unable to overcome Ahn Se-young’s absence and unfortunately lost 2 to 3 in the semifinals against Indonesia. She won two matches in doubles but lost three in singles.
Although it is not an easy situation, Ahn Se-young has strengthened her determination for the Olympics. Ahn Se-young said, “Rather than the results of the remaining time, I will prepare so that I do not have any regrets on the stage of the Olympics. I am receiving treatment well and am exercising hard. Rather than worrying about injuries, please support and wait for me and I will do my best to live up to your expectations.” did. Ahn Se-young also posted a photo of the back of her left hand with ‘I CAN DO IT’ written on her Instagram.