Badminton to avenge 'No Medal'... It's up to the team event

The Korean national badminton team will take the first step toward the "all events medal" at the Hangzhou Asian Games. The goal is to erase the nightmare of "no medal" for the first time in 40 years at the Jakarta-Palembang Games five years ago.

South Korea will start hunting for medals starting with the men's and women's team events at the Hangzhou Binjiang Gymnasium in China on the 28th. From the 2nd of next month, individual events such as men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles will be held until the 7th.

National team coach Kim Hak-kyun promised to restore the pride of Korean badminton. "The entire national team, including the coaching staff, is running on the schedule of hell," he said. "If we catch the team event, the individual medal will naturally follow."

Legends also mentioned the team event first. Lee Yong-dae told the Kookmin Ilbo on the 27th, "If you take the early momentum, you will play well in other sports with confidence." Professor Kim Dong-moon of Wonkwang University, gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, said, "It is the first Asian Games since the no-medal issue, and if we reduce the burden by performing in the team event, we will get good results."

The atmosphere has been good lately. At the World Championship last month, women's singles Ahn Se-young, Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung, and Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk won the mixed and men's doubles. The women's doubles, Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong, also added a bronze medal to Korea's record. This is what we can expect to see rise in Hangzhou. 카지노사이트

Korean badminton, which once suffered a slump in the process of generational change, has begun to see growth. Some predicted that the "Ahn Se-young effect" would contribute to the competition's performance.

Ahn Se-young's performance is also of great interest. Lee Yong-dae said, "The know-how of using the coat and the mental health of the world ranking No. 1 have improved tremendously. "The process of focusing on defense, which is a strength, and converting to attack is perfect," he said.