# Overwhelming Empress, repeatedly eliminated

The reason why Ahn Se-young (22, Samsung Life Insurance), who shook up the world of sports last year, is not easy to understand has been revealed. He said that his knee condition, which caused problems during the Hangzhou Asian Games, is more serious than he thought.


Ahn Se-young said on her Instagram on the night of the 7th, "There is still a lot of speculation about my injury, so I want to tell you exactly," adding, "I don't know if the article mentions the facts I didn't tell you, but I'm under a lot of stress."

"I thought you might be wondering why my injury hasn't healed for so long, so I wrote it," he said.

Ahn Se-young injured her knee in the final at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year. Although she won the first set against Chen Yufei of China, who used to be called a natural enemy, she persisted from the second set despite not being able to jump properly, and eventually tied Chen's feet in the third set to win the gold medal, impressing fans.

It was an overwhelming season, but since then, Ahn has suffered serious aftereffects. She took rest due to knee injury, but started competing again faster than expected. She returned to the field through the Japanese Masters in November last year, but failed to display the same performance as she did in the past. Ahn did not display her signature plays.

At the Malaysian Open in January this year, he showed off his strength by winning an international tournament for the first time since the Asian Games, but withdrew from the Indian Open due to a thigh muscle injury and was eliminated from the semifinals again after winning the French Open in March.

Last month, she was eliminated from the quarterfinals at the Asian Individual Championship, failed to play on the court in the semifinals of the World Women's Team Championship (Uber Cup) on the 4th, and the Korean women's national team finished the tournament in third place.

Last year, Ahn Se-young was the undisputed No. 1 player. She won five consecutive championships including the Asian Games, and hoisted the trophy a whopping 11 times. She also won the BWF Women's Player of the Year award in the 2023 World Badminton Federation, and overwhelmed players who were called rivals. Considering last year's performance, it is not easy to understand that Ahn will fail in the quarterfinals and semifinals.

There was a good reason for this. "Different from my diagnosis (in the Asian Games) that I can return after rehabilitation for two to six weeks, I visited another hospital after the World Tour Finals in December last year," Ahn said. "Unlike the initial diagnosis, I cannot get better in a short period of time and I have to adapt to the pain by maintaining my knee as much as possible through the Olympics."

After winning the Asian Games title, Ahn also resisted making appearances on television programs and offering commercials. She expressed her commitment to focus on the Paris Olympics that will take place a year later. As such, the Paris Olympics is a stage that carries special meaning to Ahn. As she has checked her knee condition accurately, she plans to adjust her physical condition with the aim of the Olympics.

"So right now, we are focusing on the Olympics rather than the results of the competition and adapting to the pain and getting better," Ahn said.
However, he also made it clear that he couldn't participate in the last Uber Cup because of his knee injury. "A lot of people are worried about the fact that I haven't been able to perform well in the competition these days because of my injury, but I had a bad condition due to acute enteritis caused by stress, not my knee," Ahn Se-young said. "Self-management is important as a player, but I'm sorry for not showing that."

"We will prepare not to regret it on the stage of the Olympics rather than the results for the rest of the time," he said. "I am receiving treatment well and exercising hard, so I will try to meet expectations if you cheer and wait rather than worry about injuries."

"We judged that (Ahn Se-young) recovered 100 percent of his injury," national badminton coach Kim Hak-kyun told Star News in a telephone interview late last year. "His physical strength is definitely different. He is around 70 to 80 percent. I tried to overcome it and raise it to a good level, and I was under stress and had a hard time."

It seems that he had a lot of things to pay more attention to due to speculation and sexual-related stories in a situation where he was under stress from his previous physical condition.

Along with the long message, Ahn posted a photo on her Instagram account. On her racket, she wrote, "I can do it." It is a short but concise message that expresses her desperation for the Olympics and her will to overcome it.

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