"Still Work to Be Done... Next Stop is Back-to-Back Olympic Golds!"

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An Se-young, who achieved the unprecedented feat of winning consecutive women's singles titles in badminton at the Asian Games, has returned to Korea. While she is writing a new chapter of history with every step, she expressed her ambition that she still has much left to do and will now race toward winning back-to-back Olympic gold medals.

Reporter Bae Jeonghun has the details.

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An Se-young returned in triumph with her gold medal amid cheers from fans,

[You're awesome, Se-young!]

She still swells with emotion when thinking back to the moment she secured her second consecutive victory.

[An Se-young / National Badminton Team: It felt so good that I couldn't even put it into words, so the celebration came out naturally. I think I was just overwhelmed with emotion at the thought of winning back-to-back (Asian Games) titles.]

Smiling brightly as she shared that she recently had a casual drink with her colleagues after a long time,

[An Se-young / National Badminton Team: I had a drink with (my colleagues) along with yakiniku. The first glass was good, but starting from the second one, ah, it didn't taste good anymore. It's exhausting after having fun.]

She also shared a behind-the-scenes story that, along with her Asian Games victory, she finally won new recognition from her colleagues in the so-called "Thigh Sisters," who used to tease her for having thin legs.

[An Se-young / National Badminton Team: There was a photo of my thighs posted on Instagram by Hana unnie, and after showing her that, she told me, 'I guess I can acknowledge you a little bit now...'.]

Although she is receiving praise for writing new history day by day and standing on the verge of becoming the greatest women's singles player of all time at the age of 24, she says there are still many things she wants to achieve.

[An Se-young / National Badminton Team: I just love badminton itself so much, and it's too early to call this my prime because there's still a lot of work left to do in the future, so I feel I still have a long way to go.]

An Se-young expressed her ambition to surpass 11 wins this season to break the record for the most wins, and to run tirelessly toward defending her Olympic title two years from now.

[An Se-young / National Badminton Team: My goal is to be a better version of myself than last year, and if I live doing my absolute best every day, I think I will eventually be able to achieve the goal of winning back-to-back Olympic golds.]

(Camera Cooperation: Yoo Dong-hyuk | Video Editing: Park Ki-duck | Design: Kim Ye-ji, Yang Gi-tae, JUNHO)
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