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Park Jeong-a (33, Korea Expressway Corporation) continues her dominance. She has held the top spot in the Star Ranking Star Sports women's division for 27 consecutive weeks.
In the 61st vote for Star Ranking Star Sports women's category, which ran from 3:01 p.m. on the 20th to 3:00 p.m. on the 27th over one week, Park Jeong-a received 13,111 votes and secured first place.
With this result, Park Jeong-a has maintained the top position for 27 consecutive weeks since first rising to No. 1 in the 35th vote. For more than half a year, she has never relinquished her throne, continuing her dominant run as the most popular star in women's sports.
The competition for second place was fierce. An Se-young (Samsung Life), known as the 'Badminton Empress' and ranked third last week, received 2,656 votes to overtake Kim Hee-jin (Hyundai Construction) and take second place. Kim Hee-jin received 1,404 votes and dropped one spot to third.
Table tennis star Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) finished fourth with 1,088 votes, while women's golfer Park Hyun-kyung (Mediheal) recorded fifth place with 403 votes.
Star Ranking is a system where fans directly vote on the StarNews website to determine the rankings of their favorite stars. Selected stars receive various special benefits based on the voting results.
Recently, Star Ranking has expanded its candidate pool to broaden competition. With retired volleyball player Yang Hyo-jin removed from the candidates, new names include Go Ye-rim, Choi Jeong-min, and Choi Seo-hyun (all volleyball), Heo Ye-eun and Park So-hee (both basketball), and Kim Gil-li (short track).
Including these newcomers, a total of 20 stars are competing for fans' votes: Park Jeong-a and Kim Hee-jin, Lee Da-hyun, Kang So-hwi (all volleyball); An Se-young (badminton); Shin Yu-bin (table tennis); Kim Dan-bi, Shin Ji-hyun, Kang Yi-seul, and Shin Yi-seul (all basketball); Yoon Ina, Go Jin-young, Park Sung-hyun, and Park Hyun-kyung (all golf).
The 62nd vote for Star Ranking women's sports will run from 3:01 p.m. on the 27th until 3:00 p.m. on September 3.
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