Volleyball players Lee Jae-young (left) and Lee Da-young. [Yonhap]
Volleyball players Lee Jae-young (left) and Lee Da-young. [Yonhap]

Lee Da-young, 30, a former South Korean national team volleyball player who left the domestic league following a school bullying controversy, has drawn attention online after posting bold bikini photos ahead of a move abroad with her twin sister Lee Jae-young.

Lee shared several photos on her social media account Wednesday, captioning them "summer's last days."

The images show Lee in a revealing bikini that leaves little to the imagination. Fans were particularly struck by her tall frame and toned, athletic physique.

Commenters flooded the post with heart emojis and messages including "Are you an athlete or a model?", "You can really feel that athletic firmness" and "The twins are my eternal idols."

Lee and her twin sister Lee Jae-young have each signed with Turan VC of the Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League and will play together in the 2026-2027 season. It will be the first time the two sisters have shared a team since playing for PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece in 2021, a gap of about five years.

Once among the biggest stars in South Korean women's volleyball, the pair were in effect forced out of the domestic league after allegations emerged that they had bullied classmates in middle school. They have since played in leagues across Greece, Romania and France, and will now reunite on the same court for the first time in roughly five years.


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