The Huelva badminton player Carolina Marín, 30, was proclaimed European champion this Sunday in the German city of Saarbrücken for the seventh time in her career after defeating the Scottish Kirsty Gilmour in the title match 21-11 and 21-18. This was the fourth time that both faced each other in the final for the highest continental title after La Roche-sur-Yon 2016, Kolding 2017 and Madrid 2022. In all of them Marín won, who had also won the winding against other different rivals in Kazan 2014, Huelva 2018 and kyiv 2021. In addition to his seven European championships, Marín also won gold at last year’s European Games.
The Spanish woman started with one more march, solid with her serve and even more so with the rest, to force Gilmour to adjust the impacts a lot. In fact, only once in the entire first set He conceded two serves in a row from his rival, when it was 15-11. There were no more concessions on his part, since not only did he not manage the advantage he had, but, with a run of 6-0, he ended up winning 21-11.
The second round began more balanced, without the Huelva native being able to leave the benches with an advantage of more than three points (11-8). He moved within those margins until his opponent approached first after one of the best exchanges of the match (14-13) and took the lead later (17-18). There Carolina Marín again showed her aggressiveness, which led to Gilmour leaving three shuttlecocks in a row in the net before giving up the first championship point against.
In this way, Carolina Marín not only climbs to the top of the podium again in this event, but with her mind set on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she wins her third consecutive tournament after also winning the All England in Birmingham and the Swiss Open in Basel. In addition, she expands a record that, along with her seven European titles, also includes an Olympic gold in Rio 2016, four world championships, a gold in the European Games and numerous international tournaments. All this despite suffering two serious injuries.
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