{
  "id": 832000,
  "title": "Badminton star An Se-young says ready to play through pain in pursuit of world title",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/badminton-star-an-se-young-says-ready-to-play-through-pain-in-pursuit-832000",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-14T03:37:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260814/badminton-star-an-se-young-says-ready-to-play-through-pain-in-pursuit-of-world-title"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Olympic champion badminton player An Se-young expressed her determination to compete despite ongoing discomfort in her left foot during an interview on Friday. The 2023 world champion is set to participate in the upcoming Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships, which will take place from August 21 to August 23 in New Delhi. This will mark her first competition since withdrawing from the second round of the Japan Open on July 15 due to a left foot injury.\n\nAn stated that she had been fully engaged in all training sessions recently and was prepared to regain her sense of matches. She acknowledged that while she had put in significant practice, the experience of actually playing in matches posed a different challenge. An believed that acclimating to tournament conditions and overcoming any initial rust would be crucial aspects of her performance at the world championships.",
  "summary": "Badminton Olympic champion An Se-young has declared her readiness to play through lingering pain in her left foot in pursuit of her second career women's singles world title this month. She departed for New Delhi on Friday to prepare for the BWF World Championships, which will run from August 1 to 23. An withdrew from the Japan Open second round on July 15 due to a left foot injury but claims she is nearly back to full health. At Incheon International Airport, she stated that her focus will be on regaining her feel for matches, acknowledging that playing in tournaments is a different experience from training.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Badminton star An Se-young says ready to play through pain in pursuit of world title",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/badminton-star-an-se-young-says-ready-to-play-through-pain-in-pursuit",
        "published": "2026-08-14T01:50:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Badminton star An Se-young says ready to play through pain in pursuit of world title",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/badminton-star-an-se-young-says-ready-to-play-through-pain-in-pursuit-831002",
        "published": "2026-08-14T03:22:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}