Carolina Marín: “I still don’t know if my heart and soul will want me to pick up a racket again”

Something More than two months and 10 days have passed since a cruel moment. “I have broken myself,” said Carolina Marín on the floor of the Porte de La Chapelle Arena. He had his return to a final of the Olympics in hand, he had dominated the Paris 2024 tournament at will and everything went wrong. Third serious knee injury, third recovery, and a future that sees perspective. Now nothing is in a hurry.

“It is still an unknown,” he said during the celebration of the II Inclusive Games, promoted by the Sanitas Foundation and the Spanish sports community as a whole. I had not set foot in the Madrid CAR facilities for three months, and now the process is different. “I still don’t know if my heart and soul will want me to pick up a badminton racket again,” he said.

“I want to focus on other things in life right now. Once I recover I will see if I feel like picking up a racket,” he added. It only focuses on the times proposed by its medical staff and team. “There’s no need to run,” he repeated. His vision changes and the urgencies disappear after the disappointment of Paris when he had the final in hand. She dominated the Chinese He Bingjao 21-14 and 10-6.

Once I recover I will see if I feel like picking up a racket.

Carolina Marín

The story ended in a familiar, sad way. She tried to reach for a steering wheel and got stuck. She wanted to get up, but she was broken. His career, of course, takes a different turn. And despite the doubts and unknowns, only time will tell. “There are things that excite me. Like the European Championship that I hope will be held in Huelva, my home,” the Huelva native concluded.. It is too early to talk about the Olympic Games or the very long term.

For now, in the II Inclusive Games showed his smile. Posing with other great athletes, such as Eli Pinedo or Sara Andrés, handing out medals to the winners of badminton events and serving numerous personalities.