[Official] 'An 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 for the 2026 Aichi·Nagoya (Japan) Summer Asian Games have been finalized.

The Korea Badminton Association announced and confirmed the roster of the team to be dispatched to the Aichi·Nagoya Asian Games on the 2nd, consisting of 12 officials including the head coach, coaches, and trainers, and 20 athletes—10 men and 10 women.

The female athletes will include An Se-young, 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), Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank), and Kim Hye-jeong (Samsung Life).

The male athletes are Seo Seung-jae, Kim Won-ho, Choi Ji-hoon, and Kang Min-hyuk (all Samsung Life), Park Sang-yong and Kim Jae-hyun (both Yonex), Jeon Hyeok-jin (Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Government), Yu Tae-bin (Gimcheon City Government), 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 An Se-young and Kim Ga-eun will compete in women's singles. For men's doubles, the pairs of Seo Seung-jae/Kim Won-ho and Kang Min-hyuk/Ki Dong-ju will participate. In women's doubles, the pairs of Lee So-hee/Baek Ha-na and Kim Hye-jeong/Gong Hee-yong will compete. In mixed doubles, the pairs of Kim Jae-hyun/Jang Ha-jeong and Jo Song-hyun/Jung Na-eun will take part.

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

An 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, will attempt to achieve the first-ever back-to-back women's singles gold medals in Asian Games history. The team's goal in the team event is also to win gold for the second consecutive time.

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