AFP – Spain’s Carolia Marin moved into the Olympic badminton semi-finals yesterday and said it had been a long journey back since missing the Tokyo Games with a serious knee injury.
Marin, the 2016 women’s singles champion, beat Japan’s Aya Ohori 21-13, 21-14 at La Chapelle Arena to set up a final-four showdown with China’s He Bingjiao.
Marin was hot favourite for the title at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago until she suffered a cruciate ligament knee tear just months before the tournament.
That kept her out for a year and came just two years after she ruptured the ligament in her other knee – an injury that sidelined her for eight months of 2019.
