Carolina Marín was proclaimed champion of Europa in the German city of Saarbrücken by seventh time in her career after getting eliminated in the title match of the Scottish Kirsty Gilmour by 21-11 and 21-18.
This was the fourth time in which both saw each other’s faces final for the highest continental title after Lto Roche-sur-Yon 2016, Kolding 2017 and Madrid 2022the last time the Huelva native won the trophy. Marín won in all of themwho had also conquered the twisted title against other different rivals in Kazan 2014, Huelva 2018 and kyiv 2021.
The Spanish began with a go more, solid with his service and even more to the rest to force Gilmour to adjust the impacts a lot. In fact, only once in the entire first set did she concede two serves in a row from her rival, when she went up 15-11. There were no more concessions on his part, since not only did he not manage the advantage he had, but, with a partial 6-0, ended up winning 21-11.
More balanced began the second sleevewithout the Huelva native being able to leave the bench with an advantage greater than three points (11-8).
On those margins he moved until his opponent approached first after one of the best exchanges of the game (14-13) and took the lead later (17-18). There he came back Carolina to show aggressivewhich led to Gilmour He left three shuttlecocks in a row in the net before giving up the first championship point against.
This way Carolina Not only does he rise to the top of the podium again in this event, but with his mind set on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he prevails in his third consecutive tournament after also winning the All England in Birmingham and the Swiss Open in Basel.
In addition, it expands a list of achievements that, together with its seven European titlesalso includes a 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.
2024-04-14 13:25:58
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