"I Gritted My Teeth and Endured" An Se-young Had a Muscle Tear During the Final

Right Knee Tendon Rupture Confirmed by Detailed Examination
4-5 Weeks Rehabilitation Expected...Will Miss National Sports Festival

Despite her injury, women's badminton player An Se-young (21, Samsung Life Insurance) clinched the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games and is expected to undergo rehabilitation treatment for up to five weeks due to a torn tendon near her knee.

According to Samsung Life Insurance, An Se-young's team, she was diagnosed with a torn tendon near her right knee following a detailed examination after returning to Korea on the 8th. Rehabilitation is expected to take between two to five weeks.

On the 7th, at the Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China, Korean player An Se-young, who won the gold medal in the women's singles badminton final at the Hangzhou Asian Games, is celebrating.
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Considering that An Se-young participated in almost all international tournaments this season, she plans to take sufficient rest even after completing rehabilitation. She has decided not to participate in the 104th National Sports Festival. Her participation in the Denmark Open and France Open remains uncertain. However, since the injury does not require a long rehabilitation period, it is expected that she will be able to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics, which open in July next year.

On the 7th, An Se-young achieved a miraculous victory against China's Chen Yufei in the women's singles final at the Hangzhou Asian Games badminton event.

After getting injured in the quarterfinals, An Se-young's injury worsened through the semifinals and finals. In an interview immediately after returning home, she said, "I could have ended the match by going all out in the second set, but I intentionally conceded it and used a strategy to push the match to the third set." She added, "Although my knee was painful and I was not at my normal performance level, I clenched my teeth and endured, thinking only of victory."

Thanks to this fighting spirit, An Se-young became a double gold medalist, winning both the women's team and individual events for the first time in 29 years since Bang Soo-hyun at the 1994 Hiroshima Games.

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