Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon sent a congratulatory message to Ahn Se-young, who won the '2025 Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 Jeon Young Open' women's singles in Birmingham, England, on the 17th (Korea time).
Minister Yoo In-chon congratulated the entire nation on the achievement of Ahn Se-young, who won the world's top prizeHe won the Malaysian Open, Indian Open, Australian Masters, and English Open in 2025 and achieved the feat of winning four international competitions in a row this year, showing off Korea's potential to badminton fans around the world" he commended. "Despite being in bad shape due to thigh pain in this competition, the close game against Wang Zhiyi until the end was a wonderful game that impressed the people greatly," he said. "I look forward to showing my outstanding skills on the world stage in the future."
Organized by the Badminton World Federation 'English Open Badminton Championship' is the oldest and most prestigious competition in the world, founded in 1899. Ahn Se-young has won the women's singles title at the 2023 event for the first time in 27 years as a South Korean athlete since Soo Soo-hyun's 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold medal. In this competition, South Korea ranked third overall with two gold medals and one bronze medal.
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