Deputized award due to injury treatment and personal schedule
[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Ha Geun-soo = Korean badminton star Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) will not participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics award ceremony prepared by the Korea Badminton Association.
The Badminton Association plans to hold the Paris Olympics award ceremony at the Arena Hotel in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do at 4 p.m. on the 30th.
Women’s singles gold medalist Ahn Se-young will receive 100 million won, and mixed doubles silver medalists Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) will each receive 50 million won.
However, according to a Badminton Association official, Ahn Se-young will not participate due to injury treatment and personal schedules, and her team, Samsung Life Insurance, will receive the award on her behalf.
Ahn Se-young has remained silent after leaving a statement of determination toward the Badminton Association after the Paris Olympics.
Even after returning from winning the 2024 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 750 China Masters on the 26th, he did not reveal his position.
This is interpreted as silence due to the conflict with the Badminton Association that has not yet been resolved after the Paris Olympics.
The Badminton Association has been greatly shaken by the audit of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee audit after the Paris Olympics. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the results of the Badminton Association’s audit and warned that if unreasonable systems and practices are not changed, special measures such as designation of a management organization and suspension of budget support will be taken.
On the 28th, the Badminton Association was searched and seized along with the Yonex Korea headquarters on charges of embezzlement, breach of trust, and violation of the subsidy law.
It was reported that Kim Taek-gyu, head of the Badminton Association in Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, had his cell phone confiscated for the Olympics award ceremony.
On the 23rd, the Badminton Association announced its position based on the results of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s audit, saying, “We recognize the current situation as the greatest crisis and an opportunity for further development and harmony, and in order to improve long-standing problems and improve the operation of the national team and the association. “We are doing our best,” he said.
It was announced that interviews were conducted to understand the status of the national team’s operation, three meetings were held to change contract provisions with supply sponsors, and opinions were collected on the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s requirements for system improvement.
The Badminton Association promised reform, saying, “We feel a great sense of responsibility for resolving the current situation,” and “We will actively revise the faulty systems and regulations so that the association can return to normal.”
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