2024 PARIS OLYMPIC Badminton Women’s Singles Finals An Se Young KOR vs He Bing Jiao CHN The venue was filled with enthusiastic cheering battles between Korea and China. Both countries are loud, so there were loud cheers of An Se Young! and He Bing Jiao! From here and there, and at the end, there was a loud screaming battle between Dae Hamming and Cha Yo. China seemed to have more players, but Korea was superior in terms of pressure. Although the score seemed to be an easy win, An Se Young had some tough times. She persevered through it. My expectation (wish) was to see the final between Yamaguchi and Ohori, but Yamaguchi lost to An Se Young 1-2 in the quarterfinals. Ohori lost 0-2 to Carolina Marin in the quarterfinals. Carolina Marin had to withdraw from the match against He Bingjiao in the next semifinals due to an injury to the ligaments in her left knee, which was her most serious injury. I was shocked to see her lying down in the hotel watching TV. She also missed the Tokyo Olympics due to a knee injury and seemed quite shocked by this in Paris. I was impressed by her opponent He Bingjiao’s concerned attitude. Badminton is a sport that involves intense movements back and forth, left and right, up and down, so it puts a lot of strain on the knees, and I see many players with taping on their knees. I guess it leads to serious injuries when players are forced to play while enduring it and pushing themselves too hard. After the match, Ahn Se-yeon, whose knees were covered in tape, also made a bombshell statement about the way the Korea Badminton Association has treated her so far. Now is the time to say something, and they’ll listen to anything you want. RESULT An Se Young 2 21 21 He Bing Jiao 0 13 16 GOLD An Se Young KOR Silver He Bing Jiao CHN BRONZE Tunjung Gregoria Mariska INA

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