Badminton team coach Kim Hak-kyun walks past Ahn Se-yong (left) being interviewed by reporters. yunhap news
Korea Badminton Association President Kim Tak-gyu and badminton team coach Kim Hak-kyun .
Director Kim Hak Geun left for Korea on the 6th (local time) via Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. Director Kim shows up when Ahn Se-yong first arrives at the departure hall and is interviewed by reporters. Director Kim, who was replaced by Ahn Se-yong, remained silent and told reporters, “I have nothing to tell you.
A day ago, Ahn Se-young won the women’s singles badminton gold medal at the Paris Olympics and said, “I was disappointed because I was injured in the national team. I also thought that this would happen after this time. Be difficult to continue with the national team. Especially the training of the national team. They pointed to methodological inefficiency and a dual-centered approach.
In this situation, it was said that the chairman Kim Tak Gyu, who accompanied the Olympic competition, left Paris on a separate plane from the athletes and coaches. It is not confirmed that the flight was changed in haste. Chairman Kim’s hasty return to Korea seems to have influenced Ahn Se-yong to criticize not only the national team’s management style, but also the association’s one-sided management.
In addition to Chairman Kim and Coach Kim, the leaders of the national team and the heads of the association did not announce their positions for the second day. The Korea Sports Council has launched an independent investigation into the leaders of the badminton team. “I asked the five badminton coaches who are returning to Korea to report the information regarding Ahn Se-yong’s injury management from last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games in the form of a memo,” said Lee Ki-heng, president of the Korea Sports Council. competition”