To Ahn Se-young, a girl who was running on the sandy beach wearing a lead pocket, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young celebrated the history of winning the most 10 times in a season.

Nov 23, 2025

To Ahn Se-young, a girl who was running on the sandy beach wearing a lead pocket, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young celebrated the history of winning the most 10 times in a season.
Source=Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, SPOTV capture



Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Choi Hwi-young sent a congratulatory message to Ahn Se-young (23, Samsung Life Insurance), who won the women's singles at the '2025 Australian Open (Super 500)'.

Ahn Se-young beat Indonesia's Kusama Wardani (21-16, 21-14) in the women's singles final of the BWF World Tour 2025 Australian Open (Super 500) held at Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia on the 23rd (Korea time). She won her 10th gold medal in her 14th international competition this year. It is another new history, breaking the record of nine wins (excluding the victory at the Hangzhou Asian Games) he set in 2023 in two years. It is the first record in the history of the BWF Tour in women's singles and the most wins in a season. As soon as she achieved her 10th victory by reclaiming the Australian champion for the first time in three years since the women's singles at the 2022 Australian Open, Ahn Se-young celebrated a new history with a ceremony showing 10 fingers (meaning 10 wins).

Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Choi Hwi-young congratulated Ahn on his accomplishment at the world's top. Ahn Se-young won the Malaysian Open, the Jeon Young Open, the Indonesian Open, the Japanese Open, and the French Open, and the Australian Open, setting a remarkable record of winning 10 international competitions this year alone. This is a valuable achievement that once again shows the power of Korean badminton to the world." "Congratulations on your failure to participate in the 63rd Korea Sports Awards due to your participation in the Australian Open, but you were honored with the Presidential Commendation in the Gyeonggi Awards."It will be a new history for Ahn Se-young's every move in the future. I hope you put down the burden and enjoy today's victory to your heart's content. In particular, warm congratulations to the girl who wore a lead bag and trained silently on the sandy beach as a child..."








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