Carolina Marín leave professional badminton. Their battered knees They have sent her too many warning signals and the Huelva midfielder has chosen to make a decision to preserve her health. In this way, he will not compete in the 2026 European Championship that will begin on April 6 in his hometown of Huelva.
The championship will be held in the pavilion that has been named in his honor since 2016. Ten years have passed, but even then her record was worthy of legend in a sport like badminton, where dominance at the world and Olympic level was traditionally reserved for Asian athletes.
In 2016, Marín played roof, winning the gold medal in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Gamesthe only one in his career not to have suffered injuries that have affected his knees.
The first injury Carolina’s seriousness came disputing the Masters de 2019 in Indonesia, when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He was out for seven months, returning to competition with victory at the China Open.
However, in the middle of the pandemic and preparing the following Tokyo Games in 2021he broke the cruciate in his left knee, in addition to the two menisci. This injury caused him to be out for a longer period and the recovery process was more complicated, which did not prevent him from winning the Madrid European Championship in 2022.
The final image was in the past Paris 2024 Gameswhen she broke in the middle of the second set of the semifinals against the Chinese He Bing Jiao, after having won the first set with authority. Marín arrived after a complicated Olympic cycle and after having missed the previous Games for the same reason.
Who knows what Carolina Marín’s showcase would have done if those injuries had not occurred, because in 2019 she already had three world golds and four Europeans, which he would later expand with a world runner-up and three more continental golds.
His charisma has earned him numerous tributes in his homeland, as well as in Spain. She has put badminton on the national sports map, which has led her to be awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in 2016 and, more recently, with the Princess of Asturias Sports Award 2024.
Despite not being able to compete, he will be present in Huelva in front of his countrymen to receive the well-deserved tribute.
