The Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín confessed to having put her career aside while she recovers from the serious injury she suffered last summer at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, taking the “time she needs” to know if she wants to “pick up” again. a racket” although he already has goals in mind.
“I am very happy with my recovery process, my rehabilitation, how I am keeping pace. Enjoying doing other things. I don’t know if I’m ahead, I’m meeting the times they’ve told me. I’m already walking without crutches,” she said. this Thursday during the II Inclusive Games in Madrid.
The Huelva native confessed that for the first time since Paris she returned to the High Performance Center, but insisted that she does not even want to talk about badminton after this new injury on the verge of her second Olympic final. “We will see it little by little, it has been three months since I have been to Blume, I want to forget about badminton for a bit, once I recover, little by little, my spirits are better, and I want to pick up a racket, that will come. time,” he said.
“I prefer to take my time, I know that this is an event for one of my sponsors, it is something that I had to do by protocol but the truth is I prefer to leave it aside, focus on my things, on my recovery, enjoy my family, open up more paths for myself for my future. There is no need to run. It is better to go step by step, time heals and will tell everything,” added the Sanitas ambassador in an Inclusive Games where she noted that badminton and para-badminton can “grow” together. “It’s the same sport. That mix remains to be seen, grow, with this type of events a big step has been taken,” he stated.
On the other hand, Marín pointed out as a few weeks ago that in 2026 there is a European Championship that could be a nice goal, even more so if it is held in Huelva. “There is a very big hope, not an obsession, with the 2026 European Championship. I already said that I would like to compete there, I hope it will be held in Huelva, with all my people. It is a very big dream, I don’t know what the future holds. I don’t know if my heart, my soul, will want me to pick up a badminton racket, I want to give myself the time I need, we’ll see,” he said.
In addition, the Olympic champion in Rio 2016, three-time world champion and eight-time European champion was expectant before the 2024 Princess of Asturias Awards, which will be held in a week and where she will receive the Sports award. “My hair stands on end, it is a prize that I have dreamed of, I really want to enjoy every minute in Oviedo,” said Marín, still moved by the affection of the people after her painful end in Paris.
“I have brought another medal, all the love, the empathy of the people. If Carolina Marín had won another gold it would still be taken for granted and perhaps all the work, the effort behind it would not be valued, but the people have given even more value to previous injuries and what I have overcome to be so close to the top again,” he concluded.
