I will miss you at Olympics: Sindhu tells Marin

TIL Desk Sports/ Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu wished Spain’s Carolina Marin a speedy recovery after she was forced out of the Tokyo Games due to a freak knee injury and said she will miss the reigning Olympic champion at the quadrennial event.

Marin, a prime contender for the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during training and pulled out of the showpiece event on Tuesday.

“So sorry to hear about your injury. Hoping that you will recover soon and come back stronger,” Sindhu, who had settled for the silver medal at Rio Games after losing to Marín in the final, said in a video message posted by the official account of Olympics on Twitter on Wednesday.

Recalling the epic final match, Sindhu said: “I remember the last Olympic Games when we played in the final. It was really good competing against you so I’m going to miss that again, and I’ve been missing you, seeing you on court.