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Ahn Se-young (22, Samsung Life Insurance), who won the gold medal in the women's singles badminton at the 2024 Paris Olympics, criticized the Korea Badminton Association (hereinafter referred to as the association) shortly afterwards, causing a big stir. Pointing out that the association has been complacent in managing players, including dealing with injuries, he surprisingly revealed that it is "difficult to accompany" the current national team system. As the situation grew less interested in the South Korean team, which made an unexpected performance, Ahn took a step back and stopped talking. On the 8th, he said on social networking service (SNS), "I am most sorry for the athletes who are playing on the Olympic stage after a lot of efforts. My remarks have covered everything up like a tsunami when I have to celebrate and enjoy the honor to my heart's content," and added, "My thoughts and positions will be told after the Olympic Games are over and all the athletes are congratulated enough."

With Ahn's retreat, the situation seemed to calm down. This time, however, the "adults" are the problem. People in the sports community are escalating the situation by pointing out Ahn's "cautiousness."

MBC soccer commentator Soo Soo-hyun, who won the gold medal in women's singles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, has come out in defense of the association. This is in stark contrast to Ahn's congratulatory message at the scene where she won the gold medal. In a recent interview with a media outlet, Bang said, "She suffered an injury at the Hangzhou Asian Games and prepared for her participation in international competitions and the Olympics while failing to recover properly. It must have been a difficult process," adding, "For the first time ever, the association has given Ahn a personal trainer. As far as I know, she gave a lot of consideration to Ahn's physical condition." "How hard it is to play as a member of the national team. It's not just Ahn Se-young who is struggling. All athletes wear the national flag in such an environment," he said. "I joined the national team at an early age and went through all that time."

"Ahn Se-young would have tried to stir up the absurdity of the association or the protection of the national team's players when his words were strengthened after winning the Olympic gold medal, but it was a pity that the hard work of the practice partners, coaches, and trainers who helped Ahn Se-young was overlooked," Bang said. "The closer we look at this situation, the more we will find out how special the association took care of Ahn Se-young."

"I don't want to point out the interview details of Ahn. I felt sorry for the interview," he said. "It was such a pity that the entire nation made a bombshell speech at the press conference for winning the Olympic gold medal on a happy day to celebrate the first Olympic gold medal in women's singles in 28 years. The interview buried other athletes, issues and performance records participating in the Olympics." Finally, he added, "There were people who were driving me as if I had something to do with the association. It had nothing to do with me at all."

Lee Ki-heung, chairman of the Korea Sports Council, also said, "Ahn has something to say, but his expression is clumsy and inappropriate." He also stressed that Ahn tried to communicate at the association level, but he was not speaking. "After the Asian Games, Ahn said, 'I have no big problem. I can rehabilitate for about four weeks,'" Lee said after receiving a diagnosis at a hospital. "When the leaders asked me if I was okay, I said it was okay, and when I asked again if it would be better to take a break rather than going abroad, I said, 'It's okay. I will go out.' "