The Spanish badminton player Carolina Marín This Saturday he conquered his eighth consecutive European title after winning the final of the European Championshipwhich was played in Saarbrücken (Germany), against the Scottish Kirsty Gilmour (21-11, 21-18), whom she had already defeated in the 2022 final.
The Huelva native, until now seven-time continental champion for her six golds in European Championships (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022 and 2024) and their another gold at the European Games in Krakow from last year (2023), thus raising his record and wins his third consecutive tournament in 2024 -All England, Swiss Open and European-, something that has not happened since 2018.
In the Saarlandhalle pavilion of the German city, the three-time world champion gave no options in the opening partial to her great friend Gilmour, who limited herself to marching in tow of the Andalusian, who finished the heat taking nine of the last 12 points in Game.
Marín has still not fallen from the top of the continental podium since 2014, a decade of uninterrupted dominance that allows him to reach the Paris Games with all the guarantees
Already in the second set, gained a slight advantage after the initial exchanges that allowed them to go three points ahead at the halfway point (12-9). A 3-0 run made Gilmour take the lead in the final stretch (17-18), but Marín responded with a 4-0 win with which he took the title.
Without getting off the podium since 2014
This way, He still hasn't fallen off the top of the continental podium since 2014, a decade of uninterrupted dominance that allows you to arrive with all the guarantees to your big event of the year: the Paris 2024 Olympic Gameswhere will you search emulate what was achieved in Rio 2016, when the gold was hung. Only a serious knee injury prevented him from retaining the Olympic title in Tokyo 2020.
EUROPEAN CHAMPION
??????Absolutely incredible, speechless. THANK YOU ?
Absolutely incredible, no words. THANK YOU ♥️
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— Carolina Marín (@CarolinaMarin) April 30, 2022
“Eight-time European champion, I am very happy to have achieved this victory. It hasn't been easy, especially the second set, in which I got a little nervous. The focus of attention has gone to the scoreboard and I have become tense; Sometimes I forget homework. “These are things to improve, I'm going to improve them in the next games,” she said after the game.
Carolina Marín, European champion again
Besides, Marin He stressed that playing against Kirsty Gilmour “is always complicated.” “We know each other very well and we have played together many times. I am very happy to have achieved this victory, we took it home. Thank you very much to all the people who have been supporting me, to my team, to my mother, to my family and to all the people who send me a lot of encouragement from home,” he concluded.
European Champion! #EC24
????????Tough week and tough match against @KirstyGilmourr ?
Thanks for all your support once again, this is also yours ?? @badmintonphoto#ICanBecauseIThinkICan pic.twitter.com/cpvJcBwi6H
— Carolina Marín (@CarolinaMarin) April 14, 2024
