At the symposium of the Korean Badminton Association, head coach Kim Chung-hee apologized to Jung Kyung-eun.
On May 3, the head coach of the Korean national badminton team, Kim Chung-hee, apologized to Jung Kyung-eun, who was ranked 10th in the world at the beginning of this year, and was not selected for the national team. Returned to the national team.
The Korean badminton team holds the "National Player Trials" every year to determine the candidates for the national team in the new year. The national team's singles players are determined based on the ranking of the trials, while the doubles players only account for 50% of the competition results, and 50% of the coaches have to score for a comprehensive selection.
Zheng Jingyin
In January this year, the South Korean team held a new year's trial. At that time, the world number 10 Zheng Jingyin was unexpectedly lost. She complained on the Korean Blue House National Petition Bulletin, questioning the Korean Badminton Association for opening the back door for cheaters, and 6 participants participated in scoring 3 of them are the coaches of the contestants. "Even if you have a high winning rate in the competition, they can still operate in the dark through scoring."
According to the Korean Badminton Association, Zheng Jingyin's record in the trials With 9 wins and 4 losses, the other player scored 7 wins and 7 losses, but the coach gave the player the highest score when scoring, which made the player enter the top 5, and Zheng Jingyin finally lost.
Zheng Jingyin called at the time, "I hope that the judges composed of coaches will be reformed, and similar things will not happen again. Please investigate this matter thoroughly and give me another chance to be innocent."
Jung Kyung-eun and Baek Ha-neul won the 2019 Denmark Open.
On May 3, the Korean Badminton Association held a symposium in Seoul. Head coach Kim Chung-hee said in his speech: "Recently, in the process of selecting national players, there has been a fair Question, whether it is right or wrong, I sincerely apologize for this, and will improve the selection method of the national team in the future. "
At the same time, the Korean Badminton Association plans to delete one of the coaches' scoring in the trials. In the future, regardless of singles or doubles, the ranking of the trials will be the only selection criteria. , preparing for the Singapore Open in early June, but since the India and Malaysia Opens have been postponed, even if Zheng Jingyin and his partner Baek Ha Na won the Singapore Championship, they will not be able to surpass the top-ranked Lee Sao Hee/Shin Seung Chan and Kim So Young. /Kong Xirong has qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.
The Korean Badminton Association stated that although Zheng Jingyin has been excluded from the Tokyo Olympics, her grievances of losing the selection in the trials have been redressed.
The Korean Badminton Association has already strived to hold the 2023 World Youth Badminton Championships At the same time, it is actively bidding for the 2026 World Badminton Championships. At present, South Korea has never hosted the Badminton World Championships.