China's gold medallists (C) Zheng Siwei and Huang Ya Qiong, South Korea's silver medallists (L) Kim Won-ho and Jeong Na-eun, and Japan's bronze medallists (R) Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino pose for a selfie picture on the podium at the mixed doubles badminton medal ceremony. - AFP
PARIS: South Korean mixed doubles pair Jeong Na-eun and Kim Won-ho both found themselves thinking about their mothers after winning a silver medal in the badminton at the Paris Olympics on Friday.
Na-eun, 24, lost her mother during the Covid-19 pandemic, and was visibly emotional after being defeated in the gold-medal match, saying: "My mum had saved my number on her phone as 'my Olympian Na-eun'.
