Badminton Star Ahn Se-young Withdraws from Japan and South Korea Opens Amid Allegations of Bullying and Mismanagement

[Naidheachdan Tilu]After Korean badminton “genius girl” An Se-young won the Olympic women’s singles gold medal, she later criticized the Korean Badminton Association and the national team system, and even suddenly said that she would not consider she has been representing the national team more. Although the 22-year-old “Sister No. 1” in the world has not officially left the team, she has announced that she will not participate in the Japan and South Korea Opens at the end of this month. At the same time, the South Korean media broke the news that since An Xiying joined the national team in 2017, she has been forced to undertake a number of unreasonable actions for a long time, leading to into helping the elderly wash clothes and clean rooms.

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Ahn Se Young recently won South Korea’s second Olympic women’s singles gold medal after defeating China’s He Bingjiao. The “biggest sister” in the world made a big protest after the match, saying that her knee injury was misdiagnosed by the Korean Badminton Association last year, delaying the best time for to perform surgery there are two types of games single and double, but she uses Train in the same way. In addition, she was also unhappy that dual players were given priority in treatment and training, saying harshly, “At this time, it is difficult to stay in the national team.”

After the incident, the President of South Korea, Yoon Seok-yue, expressed fear. .” The Korean Badminton Association also announced the formation of an information-finding committee, hoping to communicate with coaches and players, and at the same time explain a series of accusations made by An Xiying.

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However, one wave has not gone down, and another wave has risen. South Korean TV station “SBS” reported today (15th) that since An Xiying joined the national team in 2017, she has long been forced to do work such as changing rackets and stringing, washing clothes, and cleaning rooms for seniors in the team. The former complained to his parents or the Korean Badminton Association less than once, saying that he had not been able to get enough rest before and after practice and competition because he had to focus on work above in the past seven years, and he felt very sad about this. In February this year, Ahn Se Young’s parents privately contacted the senior management of the Korean Badminton Association and asked for a review of the problems within the team and the system to be re- develop special training and coaching.

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Ahn Se Young has yet to publicly respond to the bullying incident, but she has told the Korean Badminton Association through her team earlier that she will not participate in the Japan and South Korea Opens at the end of the month this. In fact, although the Japan Open is a Super 750 series event (the world’s top players must participate, or face a fine), many Olympic champions have said they will withdraw from the competition, taking the opportunity to rest or recover, including men’s singles Overlord Axelsen, women’s singles worldwide An Xiying, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao (retired) , Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong double mixed gold coins, etc.