Seoul, South Korea CNN —South Korea’s badminton gold medalist An Se-young envisioned a glorious return from Paris, popping open a bottle of champagne with the coveted medal around her neck.
The country was busy celebrating her triumph, until the athlete began calling out alleged mistreatment that she said she had endured for seven years, when she joined the national team.
“I was so disappointed,” An said of the national team, accusing it of poorly managing her injuries.
South Korea’s badminton team won An’s gold medal in women’s singles and a silver in mixed doubles in Paris.
Alex Pantling/Getty ImagesIn Paris, the country had four badminton coaches in addition to head coach Kim who supervised all of Korea’s badminton matches — men’s and women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.
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