[Official] 'Ahn Se-young makes history with first-ever challenge' South Korea badminton team for the Asian Games final roster confirmed

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The South Korean badminton men's and Yeo (CEO) teams set to compete at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya (Japan) Summer Asian Games have been finalized.

On the 2nd, the Korea Badminton Association confirmed and released the roster of athletes for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, comprising 12 officials including coaches and trainers, along with 20 players—10 men and 10 women.

The female players include Ahn Se-young leading the team, followed by Kim Ga-eun, Kim Hye-jeong (both Samsung Life), Shim Yu-jin, Lee So-hee, Baek Ha-na, Jang Ha-jeong, Jung Na-eun (all Incheon International Airport), Kim Ga-ram (Jeonggwangjang), and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank).

The male players are Seo Seung-jae, Kim Won-ho, Choi Ji-hoon, Kang Min-hyeok (all Samsung Life), Park Sang-yong, Kim Jae-hyun (both Yonex), Jeon Hyeok-jin (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office), Yu Tae-bin (Gimcheon City Hall), Ki Dong-ju (Incheon International Airport), and Jo Song-hyun (Gwangju Bank).

In individual events, Yu Tae-bin and Choi Ji-hoon will compete in men's singles, while Ahn Se-young and Kim Ga-eun will represent the women's singles. For men's doubles, the pairs of Seo Seung-jae/Kim Won-ho and Kang Min-hyeok/Ki Dong-ju will participate. In women's doubles, Lee So-hee/Baek Ha-na and Kim Hye-jeong/Gong Hee-yong will take the court. Mixed doubles will feature Kim Jae-hyun/Jang Ha-jeong and Jo Song-hyun/Jung Na-eun.

The national team is under the overall command of head coach Park Ju-bong. Coaches include Lee Hyun-il, Kim Sang-su, Lee Kyung-won, Sung Seong-hyun, Jeong Ui-seok, Son Wan-ho, Jung Hun-min, and Ronnie Agustinus (Indonesia). Trainers Kang Yeon-ji, Shim Hyeon-su, and Lee Chan-yong will also accompany the team.

Ahn Se-young, who became the first woman to win the Asian Games women's singles title since Bang Soo-hyun at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, is now aiming for a historic back-to-back gold medal in women's singles at the Asian Games. The team's goal in the team event is also to secure consecutive gold medals for the second time.

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