Injury-hit Sindhu out of World Championships
INDIA’S star shuttler PV Sindhu last Saturday (13) withdrew from the upcoming BWF World Championships owing to a stress fracture on her left foot.
Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, won World Championships gold in 2019, along with two silver and two bronze medals.
“While I am on the high of winning a gold medal at the CWG [Commonwealth Games] for India, unfortunately, I have to pull out of the World Championships. I felt pain and there was an injury scare at the quarter-finals of the CWG, but with the help of my coach, physio and trainer, I decided
to push as far as I could,” Sindhu said in a statement on Twitter.
“The pain was unbearable during and post the finals. Hence I rushed for an MRI as soon as I got back to Hyderabad. The doctors confirmed a stress fracture on my left foot and recommended rest for a few weeks. I should be back to training in a few weeks. Thank you all for your support and love,” she added.
The World Championships are set to begin in Tokyo from Saturday (21) and will run until next Sunday (28).
Sindhu, who won the women’s singles gold at the recent Commonwealth Games, revealed she had been playing through pain at the multi-sport extravaganza. The world number seven from India outplayed her 13th-ranked Canadian opponent Michelle Li 21-15 21-13 in front of a packed crowd at the NEC arena in Birmingham.
This was Sindhu’s second CWG gold, having earlier won in the mixed team event in 2018. She also has one silver and one bronze in the women’s singles from the 2018 and 2014 editions, respectively.
The 27-year-old also has two Olympic medals. She won silver in women’s singles in 2016 and followed that up with a bronze medal in Tokyo last year.