The Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín She became European champion in the German city of Saarbrücken for the seventh time in her career after defeating the Scottish Kirsty Gilmour in the title match by 21-11 and 21-18.
This was the fourth time that both faced each other in the final for the highest continental title after La Roche-sur-Yon 2016, Kolding 2017 and Madrid 2022, the last time the Huelva native won the trophy.
He won in all of them Marin, who had also conquered the winding against other different rivals in Kazán 2014, Huelva 2018 and kyiv 2021.
Carolina Marín inscribes her name with gold letters in the European Games
This way Carolina Not only does he climb to the top of the podium again in this event, but with his mind set on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he wins his third consecutive tournament after also winning the All England in Birmingham and the Swiss Open in Basel.
In addition, he expands a record that, along with his seven European titles, also includes an Olympic gold in Rio 2016, four world championships, one gold in the European Games and numerous international tournaments; all this despite suffering two serious injuries.
“It hasn’t been easy but I am very, very happy with this new victory”
Carolina Marín, who this Sunday was proclaimed European champion of badminton for the seventh time in her career by beating Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour in the German city of Saarbrücken, she was “very happy” with her new victory and advocated improving her nerve control for upcoming matches.
“It hasn’t been easy, especially in the second set, when I got a little nervous, the focus of attention went to the scoreboard, I got tense and the task sometimes I forgot. These are things to improve and I I will do in the next games,” said the Huelva after his success.
He explained that playing against Gilmour, whom he knows “very well” since they have faced each other on numerous occasions, “always” is complicated. “That’s why I’m very happy for this victory that we took home,” she added.
2024-04-15 20:30:45
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