Three-time world champion Carolina Marin, who defeated PV Sindhu in 2016 Olympics final and pulled out of 2024 Olympics in semi-final due to knee injury, has retired aged 32. "Deep ​down...I did retire on court...in Paris ‌in ⁠2024. We just didn't know it at the time," she said. She's the first non-Asian shuttler to win ​Olympic gold in women's singles.