In today’s Olympic women’s singles badminton semi-final, Spanish player Carolina Marin suddenly fell to the ground due to an injury while leading 1-0. She subsequently announced that she could not continue the game, and her opponent, Chinese player He Bingjiao, advanced automatically.
However, some fans have dug up some of Marin’s “dark history.” In 2016, during the Rio Olympics women’s singles event, Marin faced Chinese player Li Xuerui in the semi-finals. At a critical moment in the second set, Li Xuerui suddenly fell to the ground injured and chose to withdraw from the match. In her post-match interview, Marin bluntly stated: “Li Xuerui faked her injury; she wanted to break my momentum. I am very familiar with such tactics.” In fact, Li Xuerui suffered a serious anterior cruciate ligament rupture at that time.
Now that Marin has withdrawn from the competition due to injury, is it a case of what goes around comes around? Coincidentally, during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Marin suddenly announced her withdrawal from the Olympics before the tournament due to a torn left knee anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus. Withdrawing from two consecutive Olympic Games, one wonders if Marin will feel embarrassed when recalling her comments from 2016.
Spanish Badminton Player Marin Withdraws from Olympic Games for Two Consecutive Times, Once Accused Li Xuerui of Faking an Injury. Author：Sports UEFA.Please indicate the source when reproduced：https://www.sportsuefa.com/football-world/22600.html
