The Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín, Olympic champion in Rio 2016 and three-time world champion, This Wednesday he underwent a new operation on the meniscus in his right knee, an intervention whose recovery time, which will be around six weeks, “allows him to maintain his sporting goals.”
“This Wednesday morning Carolina Marín underwent surgery on her right knee where a partial meniscectomy of the internal meniscus and the external meniscus of his right knee”, said a statement from the badminton player’s press team.
The operation, carried out by Dr. Leyes, went “without problems” and it is now estimated that the Huelva player’s recovery period “around six weeks.” “The decision to carry out this intervention was born as a result of discomfort that the player had been experiencing in her knee for months and that prevented her from carrying out her work normally,” the statement said.
“After several tests carried out, the decision was made to intervene, since Recovery times allow you to maintain your sports goals. Information on his status will be updated in the coming weeks,” the press release concluded.
According to the deadlines managed by the Marín team, the 2016 Olympic champion could meet them in mid-March, a little more than two weeks before the start of the European Championship that will be held in Huelva, in the Carolina Marín pavilion, from April 6 to 12. The player has faced up to three cruciate ligament injuries since 2019, the last at the Paris 2024 Games, when it was close to qualifying for the Olympic final.
