{
  "id": 6251549,
  "title": "Badminton coach trying to lift pressure off athletes ahead of Asian Games",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/badminton-coach-trying-to-lift-pressure-off-athletes-ahead-of-asian-6251549",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-08T07:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260908/badminton-coach-trying-to-lift-pressure-off-athletes-ahead-of-asian-games"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "JINCHEON — Korean national badminton team head coach Park Joo-bong expressed his intention to alleviate pressure on his athletes ahead of the upcoming Asian Games. The revelation came after Park learned about the medal targets set by the Badminton Korea Association (BKA) and shared this information during a press conference at the Jincheon National Training Center.\n\nThe BKA projected three gold medals, one silver medal, and two bronze medals for the Korean team in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Park noted that this goal is only one short of the country's all-time record achieved in Busan during the 2002 Asiad. Despite being new to these figures, Park expressed his delight at the possibility of surpassing these targets, citing the team's strong performance at the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou, where they earned two gold medals, two silver medals, and three bronze medals.",
  "summary": "JINCHEON — Park Joo-bong, head coach of the Korean national badminton team competing at this month's Asian Games, said Tuesday he will try his best to lift pressure off his athletes. He emphasized that point after belatedly learning about the medal target submitted by the Badminton Korea Association (BKA) to the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee. The BKA said the national team will try to bring…",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Japan eyes allowing N. Korean athletes to enter nation for Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/japan-eyes-allowing-n-korean-athletes-to-enter-nation-for-asian-games",
        "published": "2026-09-08T01:00:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Badminton coach trying to lift pressure off athletes ahead of Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/badminton-coach-trying-to-lift-pressure-off-athletes-ahead-of-asian-6251791",
        "published": "2026-09-08T06:34:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Badminton coach trying to lift pressure off athletes ahead of Asian Games",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/badminton-coach-trying-to-lift-pressure-off-athletes-ahead-of-asian",
        "published": "2026-09-08T07:27:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}