Carolina Marin Pulls Out Of World Championships

Carolina Marin had withdrawn from the All England Championships this year after suffering the injury during the Swiss Open. The 28-year-old had announced her plans of making a comeback at the home World Championships beginning in Huelva, Spain.

Three-time champion shuttler Carolina Marin's much-awaited return to competitive action got further delayed as she pulled out of the World Championship after failing to regain fitness following a knee injury. The Rio Olympics gold medallist had withdrawn from the All England Championships this year after suffering the injury during the Swiss Open. The 28-year-old had announced her plans of making a comeback at the home World Championships beginning in Huelva, Spain. Nos vemos la semana que viene en #Huelva2021, pero no en la pista 🏸🙏See you next week in #Huelva2021, but not on court 🏸🙏#BWFWorldChampionships @sportssantander @santander_es pic.twitter.com/TEeSU2rvND

"I was having a really good season start, I had won four tournaments out of five. I was feeing very confident, strong and in a really good physical and psychological condition until just one bad movement broke my knee completely," Marin said in a video posted in her twitter handle.

"Mentally it has been really hard to keep myself up, my priorities have been always health and well being. Therefore my team and myself have decided not to play the Huelva World Championship."

Marin, considered as one of the most dominating players in international badminton, said she might be back in February next year but wouldn't want to put a date on her return.