2023-08-27 18:20:14
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[Sports News]The finale of the 2023 World Badminton Championships on Sunday will be the men’s doubles final. South Korean player Seo Seung-jae, who already holds the gold medal in mixed doubles, partnered with Kang Min-hyuk to win a 2-1 victory following losing a game first. The host Danish combination Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen was crowned king, becoming the ninth single-time “double champion” in the history of the World Championships.
Seo Seung Jae (left) / Chae Yoo Jung (Photo: Badminton Photo)
Seo Seung Jae (left) / Chae Yoo Jung (Photo: Badminton Photo)
The 25-year-old doubles player Seo Seung-jae also made it to the finals of men’s doubles and mixed doubles, challenging the feat. First, he teamed up with his mixed doubles partner Cai Youzheng to beat Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, the world’s No. 1 Chinese player, at 21:17, 10:21, and 21:18. The South Korean mixed doubles team that won the world championship.
Seo Seung Jae (left) / Kang Min Hyuk (Photo: Badminton Photo)
(Photo: Badminton Photo)
Not long following the break, Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk played in the men’s doubles final once morest Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, who had the advantage of home court. Although the two lost 14:21 in the first game, they regained their advantage following adjustment and took 4 first in the second game: 1. Pulled back to 11:7 and entered a technical timeout. The Danish team overtook 15:14, but “Xu Jiangpei” broke the seed in time and won 7 points in a row to tie at 21:15. In the decisive game, Seo Seung-jae/Jiang Min-hyuk took advantage of the momentum to pursue and continue to control the game, and finally secured a 2-1 victory with 21:17 following leading 11:7 in the half game.
Seo Seung Jae (left) / Kang Min Hyuk (Photo: Badminton Photo)
Seo Seung Jae (Photo: Badminton Photo)
South Korea wins triple crown
“Seo Jiangpei” won the men’s doubles gold medal at the World Championships for the first time in 9 years. Seo Seung-jae became the first male player to win two doubles gold medals in the same event in 24 years since his predecessor Kim Dong-moon in 1999, and also the first in history. 9 “double champions” in a single World Championship (see attached table). To sum up this year’s event, South Korea won the women’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles championships and became the big winner. Thailand and China won the men’s singles and women’s doubles titles respectively.
World Championship single “double champion”
Lene Koppen (Denmark): 1977 (women’s singles, mixed doubles)
Ji Mingfa (Indonesia): 1980 (men’s doubles, mixed doubles)
Han Aiping (China): 1985 (women’s singles, women’s doubles)
Park Joo-bong (South Korea): 1995 and 1991 (men’s doubles, mixed doubles)
Ge Fei (China): 1997 (women’s doubles, mixed doubles)
Kim Dong-wen (Korea): 1999 (men’s doubles, mixed doubles)
Gao Ling (China): 2001 (women’s doubles, mixed doubles)
Zhao Yunlei (China): 2014 and 2015 (Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Seo Seung Jae (Korea): 2023 (men’s doubles, mixed doubles)
List of World Badminton Championships Champions
Men’s Singles: Vidising (Thailand)
Women’s Singles: Ahn Se Young (Korea)
Men’s Singles: Seo Seung Jae/Kang Min Hyuk (Korea)
Women’s Doubles: Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan (China)
Mixed Doubles: Seo Seung Jae/Chae Yoo Jung (Korea)
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[Badminton World Championships]An Xiying defeated Ma Lian and became South Korea’s first women’s singles world champion
[Badminton World Championships]Weidising defeated Naraoka in 109 minutes to win Thailand’s first men’s singles title
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