{
  "id": 9099974,
  "title": "[Asian Games] Defending champion S. Korea reaches semifinals in women's badminton team event",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/asian-games-defending-champion-s-korea-reaches-semifinals-in-womens-9099974",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T06:47:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/sports/20260922/asian-games-defending-champion-s-korea-reaches-semifinals-in-womens-badminton-team-event"
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  "account": "Nagoya, Japan - South Korea's women's badminton team, led by world No. 1 An Se-young, secured a spot in the semifinals of the Asian Games event on Tuesday. The team defeated Malaysia 3-1 in a series of matches at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium. An, the reigning Olympic and world champion in the women's singles, started the journey with a 2-0 victory over Letshanaa Karupathevan (21-12, 21-8). However, the team faced a setback in the doubles event when the world No. 2 tandem of Lee So-hee and Baek Hana lost to Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan 2-0 (22-20, 21-17). Nevertheless, South Korea bounced back in the next two matches. Kim Ga-eun overpowered Wong Ling Ching 2-0 (21-12, 21-18), and Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong outplayed Cheng Su Yin and Low Zi Yu 2-1 (18-21, 21-11, 24-22) to advance to the semifinals. An expressed her delight in the team event, praising her teammates' support on court, which she does not experience in singles matches.",
  "summary": "NAGOYA, Japan — Led by world No. 1 An Se-young, defending champion South Korea advanced to the semifinals of the women's badminton team event at the Asian Games on Tuesday. South Korea defeated Malaysia 3-1, after two singles and two doubles matches at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Ichinomiya, just northwest of the main host city, Nagoya, Japan. An, the reigning Olympic and world…",
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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."
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