In the year Korea’s Ahn Se-yong is cheered by commentator Su-hyeon Bang after winning the gold medal in the women’s badminton final at the 2024 Paris Olympics at the Porte de la Chapelle Arena in Paris. Photo = Yonhap News As national badminton player Ahn Se-yong’s comments about the Korea Badminton Association and the national team worsened, former national badminton player Bang Soo-hyun told MBC commentator, “I understand that the association has taken a lot.” Consideration for Ahn Se-young’s recovery.” announced his position.
Commentator Bang said in an interview with a newspaper on the 9th Sunday, “Ahn Se-yong was injured in the finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games last year and could not fully recover before competing in international competitions and preparing for the Paris Olympics. It must be a very difficult process.” “I understand that Time paid great attention to Ahn Se-young’s recovery by allowing her to use a personal trainer,” he said.
“How hard is it to play as a national team player? It’s not just Ahn Se-yong who has a hard time. All players play with the Taegeuk symbol in such an environment,” he said because someone pushed me to join the national team after Ahn Se-yong won the Olympic gold medal. “When his speech was strong, he might have tried to expose the folly of the association or the issue of conservation. He pointed out that it is unfortunate that the hard work of the national team players, but also the practice partners, managers, coaches and trainers who helped Ahn Se-yong, was ignored by those comments.
Commentator Bang previously posted on his social networking service (SNS): “I don’t think I won the Olympic gold medal on my own, but I can’t thank the coaches and trainers who have guided me so far. My athletes trained with me” became controversial.
Responding to this, commenter Bang said, “Because of my comments and posts, there are people who think I am connected to the association; “I have nothing to do with it.” You barely win a gold medal on the podium, you get the value of the gold medal and a lasting sense of honor. “After I get back to Korea, it would be better if I set up a meeting and summarize my thoughts in an interview,” he said.
Shin Yong-hyun, Hankyung.com reporter [email protected]