Ahn Se-young "World's No. 1? Isn't that the Final Goal

Ahn Se-young "World's No. 1? Isn't that the Final Goal... Pursuit of 21-0 Perfect Victory"

“What are you thinking…. Just doing it (laughs)”

“Figure skating queen” Yuna Kim (retired) was asked in a past documentary, “What are you thinking (training)?”, and she answered like this. 스포츠토토

She later said, "She answered without thinking, but many people gave her a good answer," but many sports fans were moved and comforted by Yuna Kim's calm and aloof mentality.

I could read a similar feeling from Ahn Se-young (21), world number 1 in badminton women’s singles, whom I met on the 16th at the Jincheon National Training Center in North Chungcheong Province.

Ahn Se-young was busy training in preparation for the World Individual Championships on the 21st and 27th of this month, the World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 China Open and the Hangzhou Asian Games next month.

She was training to smash her shuttlecock case, which was set up on her courtside line to compensate for her own weakness, her offense.

It is an attempt to equip not only the existing defense based on stamina and persistence, but also sharp attack skills.

It is because of the judgment that the play method needs to be diversified in order to flexibly respond to Akane Yamaguchi (Japan), 3rd place Chen Yufei (China), and 4th place Tai Ziying (Taiwan), who have different styles.

To the question, "Isn't it more difficult than usual to make use of the strengths and supplement the weaknesses?" Ahn Se-young calmly replied, "I'm just following the coaches' guidance well and diligently."

Ahn Se-young, who said, “I just think simply,” explained, “When I wake up in the morning, I have a clear list of what to do.

He recalled, "Even if difficulties come, I can overcome them very well if I imagine that 'if I overcome this too, someday I will grow up'."

Ahn Se-young, who rose to the top of the world on the 1st of this month, seemed resolute even though her international schedule for the next two months could feel like a test bed.

Ahn Se-young said, "World ranking 1 is not the final goal." "I always feel like I'm not enough because I pursue perfection more.

So I feel that I have to keep trying."

Then, what is the 'perfection' that Ahn Se-young refers to?

Ahn Se-young hesitated, "I know it's ridiculous, but..." and then said, "I'm looking for a perfect game to finish the set 21-0."

Even if the opponent's score is tied to a single digit, it is evaluated as a landslide victory, but Ahn Se-young goes further and dreams of scoring 21 consecutive times without giving a single point.

This is why Ahn Se-young can focus on hitting the shuttlecock case silently without being conceited even if he is intimidated by the world No. 1 title.

His hard training achievements are showing results.

At the Media Day event, national team coach Kim Hak-gyun said, "Ahn Se-young's defense has changed to a defense that approaches with an animal sense without waiting (for the opponent's attack)." I can go,” he said.

Coach Kim explained, "The learning process was done very quickly, so now I'm trying to make it fit like my own clothes through repetitive training."