40 Paris Olympic medalists, including archery Kim Woo-jin and Lim Si-hyun, participated
Badminton star Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), who made a bombshell statement after winning the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, will appear at her first official competition since the Olympics.
This is the 105th National Sports Festival starting on the 11th.
This year’s National Sports Festival will be held from the 11th to the 17th at 75 stadiums, including Gimhae Sports Complex in Gyeongsangnam-do. There will be 47 official events and 2 demonstration events.
About 20,000 athletes and 10,000 executives will participate in this event, with 40 of the 46 sports stars who won medals at this year’s Paris Olympics participating.
Among these, badminton and hockey are held as pre-games before the opening of the competition.
Ahn Se-young, who won the gold medal in the badminton women’s singles at the Paris Olympics for the first time in 28 years since Bang Bang-hyeon at the 1996 Atlanta Games, will represent Busan in the round of 16 of the women’s general team event held at the Miryang Badminton Stadium in Gyeongsangnam-do on the 9th.
Busan’s opponent in the round of 16 of the team event is Incheon International Airport, representing Incheon.
Immediately after winning the gold medal in singles at the Paris Olympics, Ahn Se-young caused controversy by pointing out the problems of the Korea Badminton Association through an interview. They expressed dissatisfaction with injury management, national team training and management methods.
For Ahn Se-young, who did not participate in both the Japan Open and Korea Open in August and September, the National Sports Festival is the first official competition since the Olympics.
In Taekwondo, which was held as a pre-match event, Lee Da-bin (Seoul City Hall), who won a bronze medal in the women’s over-67kg division at the Paris Olympics, won a bronze medal in the women’s general division 73kg division.
Taekwondo Kim Yu-jin (Ulsan Metropolitan City Sports Council), who was the first Paris Olympic gold medalist to complete the sports schedule, won the gold medal in the women’s 57kg class on the 7th.
Kim Woo-jin (Cheongju City Hall) and Im Si-hyeon (Imsil County Office), who won three gold medals in archery for both men and women, will compete in the sports competition starting on the 12th, and Oh Sang-wook, two-time winner in fencing for men’s saber, will play his first individual match on the opening day, the 11th.
Yeji Kim, a shooting star who emerged as a star through the Paris Olympics, will begin her schedule starting on the 13th.
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2024-10-08 09:19:58