Rio bronze medallist petitions Blue House over Korean national team selection
Former women’s doubles world #2 Jung Kyung Eun has posted a petition challenging what she calls a suspicious and unfair selection process for the national doubles badminton squad.
Jung Kyung Eun (pictured top) explained her grievance in the National Petition section of the website for
Cheong Wa Dae, the Korean presidential residence also known as the ‘Blue House’. In the text accompanying the petition, she points to a lack of fairness and transparency in the process, which saw her dropped from the national badminton team for the second time since she first made the team 12 years ago.
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