[ASIAN GAMES] Badminton star An Se-young captures 2nd straight women's singles gold

Published Sep 29, 2026 4:29 pm KST

Updated Sep 29, 2026 4:30 pm KST

South Korea’s An Se-young celebrates as she defeats Japan’s Yamaguchi Akane during the women’s singles badminton final on Day 10 of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, Ichinomiya, Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

ICHINOMIYA, Japan — World No. 1 An Se-young claimed her second straight Asian Games gold medal in badminton in central Japan on Tuesday, becoming the first player to successfully defend the women's singles title at the continental competition.

An defeated Akane Yamaguchi, world No. 3 from Japan, by 2-0 (21-17, 21-9) in the women's singles final of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Ichinomiya, just northwest of the main host city, Nagoya.

An is now the first player to win back-to-back Asiad gold medals in the women's singles since the event was first held in 1962.

An has won nine consecutive meetings against Yamaguchi, including twice at this year's Asian Games. Before the singles final, An got the better of her Japanese rival in the women's team event semifinals on Wednesday.

An's gold was South Korea's second badminton title on Tuesday, coming moments after Lee So-hee and Baek Hana won the women's doubles gold medal.

发布于2026年9月29日下午4:29（韩国标准时间）

更新于2026年9月29日下午4:30（韩国标准时间）

在爱知-名古屋亚运会第十天的比赛中，韩国选手安世荣在女子单打羽毛球决赛中击败日本选手山口茜后庆祝胜利。比赛于周二在韩国一宫市体育馆举行。韩国时报崔元硕摄

日本市宫市——世界排名第一的安世荣周二在日本中部举行的亚运会羽毛球比赛中连续第二次获得金牌，成为首位成功卫冕该洲际赛事女子单打冠军的选手。

在爱知-名古屋亚运会女子单打决赛中，日本选手、世界排名第三的山口茜以 2-0 (21-17, 21-9) 的比分败北。决赛在位于主赛事举办城市名古屋西北部的市宫市体育馆举行。

安是自1962年亚运会女子单打比赛首次举办以来，首位连续两届获得亚运会金牌的选手。

安智贤已连续九次战胜山口真央，其中包括今年亚运会上的两场胜利。在单打决赛之前，安智贤在周三的女子团体赛半决赛中也击败了这位日本对手。

安的这枚金牌是韩国周二获得的第二个羽毛球冠军头衔，此前不久，李昭熙和白荷娜赢得了女子双打金牌。