Badminton superstar An Se-young's story: Meteoric rise in school

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A look back at how badminton superstar An Se-young rose from school to become the world and Olympic champion.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Here, six years, six years, right?

00:04This is where badminton superstar Ahn Se-young started to hone her skills.

00:08Kim Myung-ja, who is Ahn's former coach at Gwangju Physical Education Middle and High School,

00:13says the reigning Olympic and world champion used to train on these courts in the school almost every day for six years.

00:19Ahn's efforts paid off when she was drafted into the South Korean national team in 2018,

00:24and Kim says, at that time, Ahn was just 16 years old,

00:27making her the first middle school student on the national team.

00:37She says the school and Ahn collectively set big goals,

00:40and that included the goal of becoming the world champion.

00:57So, you can set up a goal of the group,

01:00and then we set up a goal for the weekend.

01:01Then we set up a goal of the year.

01:05So, we were starting a goal for high school.

01:07So, we Set up a goal for the first,

01:09and then I would set up a goal-犬.

01:12During the year, the goal is to determine the goals of the team.

01:15In the year, I asked him to be in the middle of the 3th year.

01:20He said to me, if I could go to the current team, I would go to the current team.

01:24So I was to go to the current team and say, I had some advice on my team.

01:31The team was really doing a lot and a lot of training.

01:35But they were going to have their own way.

01:40So, they said,

01:41They said,

01:44They want to have a good job in the world.

01:47So, when I was born, it was so hard.

01:56The teachers for us

01:56were taught many things about the world,

02:01and they were taught many things in the society.

02:06In fact, after winning her gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games in 2024,

02:36Anne visited her former teachers and coaches to thank them for guiding her to success.

02:43Kim says the school succeeded in its comprehensive plan to send Anne into the national team,

02:48but she explains that it boiled down to hard work and long hours of training,

02:51including repetitive drills to make Anne a more complete player.

02:55From theHoula's training, Rachel's training restrictions and training facilities,

02:59I hope you can also recommend taking these minutes at the Saeongators' training,

03:02especially regarding the training that Aungie's training,

03:04like also doing a regular training training,

03:05even a regular training training training,

03:07like also doing some training training cereals,

03:09like to start training training,

03:09so while it's important to them,

03:11like to start training training,

03:13and also that it was a lot of practice.

03:16But, I was able to do it on my own day

03:19but I was able to do it on my own time.

03:23I was able to do it during the summer,

03:25or when training started on the women's day,

03:28or after the summer,

03:29I was able to do it on my own.

03:30I was able to do it on my own time.

03:34Because I was able to share my own speed,

03:36and when I started theے I started,

03:38I was able to do it on my own time when I started working,

03:40There are a lot of burden on these areas, so we have a lot of burden on them.

03:50Anne was born on February 5th in 2002 in Gwangju, a city with a population of 1.4 million.

03:56She has a brother who is one year younger than her.

03:59She picked up the racket at the age of 7 by chance when she followed her parents to a club.

04:03Her parents and the coach at the club noticed her talent and trained her.

04:07Kim says she got to know Anne in a match where she was representing the Gwangju Panggum Elementary School.

04:12So what was her first impression of Anne at that time?

04:16First impression?

04:17Yes.

04:18First impression?

04:19Yes.

04:20She was very bright and she was able to work well.

04:24She was in high school, so she was in high school.

04:28She was in high school, so she was in high school.

04:31It was her.

04:32So when she joined us when she graduated from me at the middle school.

04:36She performed all the time.

04:38She was younger than Abs pessoa during the school.

04:39With all of her students, she went to an organization group.

04:42She was very freakin' and she was very powerful, but she was exposed mentally to the students.

04:44She even followed by other They wereCI trading Eupham.

04:54more than other kids than other kids.

05:00Hong Sung-gil, who is the president of the Badminton Association

05:03in Ahn's hometown, Gwangju, says Ahn has been the pride of Gwangju

05:07and the entire country, and a great ambassador to the game.

05:10He says Ahn is a well-respected role model for many young people.

05:14The Badminton Association has organized a tournament in Gwangju two years in a row

05:25to commemorate her achievement in the Olympic Games.

05:28Gwangju is a great athlete and a great athlete.

05:38Gwangju, where the Badminton Association has been to him.

05:44He was a great athlete.

05:47The Badminton Association has a lot of love.

05:51He has a dance as well as friends with the league.

05:56He can play very well.

05:58He's the one who has the best of those friends.

06:01He always works with the Badminton Association.

06:05So, I think I am a good player, and I think I am a good player.

06:11So, I will give you a good guide and give you a good gift.

06:18And I am doing a lot of good activities.

06:20So, I hope that I will be a good, great player.

06:24I will support the Baddhamton team in Bangju.

06:31And is currently the most dominant player on the tour,

06:34winning 6 titles and boasting a win-loss record of 40 to 2 this year.

06:38At just 23, the world number 1 has maintained her ranking since August 2023,

06:43except for one week in October 2024, where she dropped to number 2.

06:48She will likely remain as the dominating force in the badminton world in years to come.

07:04As you know when he was in the same place,

07:06there is no way of spending money on the other Manila.

07:08Excuse me, as a trainer.

07:09You may be also talking to me at the but 8'30",

07:10but they can see you on the right side.

07:11After you wait for me, no one can wait for me.

07:13At the point of the beginning,

07:14I have the same time for you.

07:15I am sitting at the end of this world.

07:16I see you on the right side.

07:17I see you next time.

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