Writing. Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín confessed that His dream would be to retire at his “home” in the 2026 European Championships, which would be held at the Sports Palace that bears his name in Huelva.after injuring his knee again in the semi-finals of the last Olympic Games in Paris 2024.
Carolina Marín said that, for now, she wants to take the time that her body and heart “need” and face it “without any rush and without any objective.”
«My idea, if nothing had happened, was to retire at the World Cup in Paris next year. But this changes everything. In 2026, I know that Spain is going to host a European Championship. It is not yet known where, but I would love for Huelva to host it, for the 2026 European Championship to be held at the Sports Palace that bears my name and to be able to retire at home. That would be my other great dream, which I want to fight for today,» he said in statements to ‘El Larguero’ on Cadena Ser.
The Huelva native wants to take “all the time” that her body and heart “need” and then ask herself if she wants to “get back on a badminton court.” “I have already run a lot with the other two injuries and I hope to enjoy other things that sport has not allowed me to do. I want to recover well and see if I can return. If I can, great. If not, then that’s it. But without any rush and without any objective,” she said.
Marín stressed that “the affection of the people has been more valuable than gold,” and that it is being “key” to his recovery after suffering a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament and both menisci in his right knee, in the second game of the semi-final match of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The Olympic champion from Rio 2016 revealed her first conversation with her coach, Fernando Rivas, after leaving the gym on August 4. “I told him ‘I can’t take it anymore’, and he replied ‘I’m very proud of you’. In five years I’ve been through everything, I’ve overcome every obstacle that life has put in my way and now I’m doing it again,” she explained.
For her, her relationship with Rivas has been key to her success. “We have worked very hard and I am sure that without him I would not have achieved everything I have achieved,” she said, while acknowledging that her first thought after returning home and undergoing surgery was ‘you cannot retire due to an injury, you are not like that’.
