It was a year when the national anthem played quite frequently at stadia across the globe as either Sindhu or Srikanth stood on the podium in a series of elite badminton tournaments.
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New Delhi: Badminton ace PV Sindhu is India s only woman single s badminton player to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2021. She recently talked about what s keeping her upbeat amid the second wave of the deadly coronavirus scare.
In an interview with Times of India, PV Sindhu shared how Spain s Carolina Marin not participating at the Tokyo Olympics due to her injury is unfortunate. She said, It s sad that she won t be competing in Tokyo because of an unfortunate injury. I hope she recovers soon. I will miss her on-court presence. We share a healthy rivalry and off-court. We are good friends. As for Tokyo, it s not going to be easy at all. All the top-10 players are of same standard and the level of competition will be really, really high.
Badminton News: "Everything has come to a standstill. We were in lockdown and, for a majority of the past year, not hosting any tournaments. Recently we returned to s
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The 2016 Olympic women s badminton gold medallist, Spaniard Carolina Marin, said on Tuesday that she would not be able to defend her title in Tokyo next month due to an injury.
The 27-year-old said she had torn the meniscus and anterior cruciate ligaments in her left knee, which would require surgery.
Carolina, who has also won the World Championships three times and is currently ranked fourth in the world, suffered the injury in training on Friday, reports Xinhua. After tests carried out over the weekend and consultation with the doctors, it has been confirmed that I have a torn anterior cruciate ligament and both menisci in my left knee. I will have to have surgery this week and start my recovery, Carolina posted on her social media sites.
World No. 3 Sindhu thrashed Yamaguchi 21-9 21-13 in just 36 minutes to top group A in women s singles at the Sheikh Hamdan Indoor Stadium in Dubai. This was her last group stage Match.